Country: | England |
Static Image: | Buckland.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 220px |
Official Name: | Buckland |
Coordinates: | 51.1371°N 1.2952°W |
Population: | 7,580 |
Population Ref: | (2011.Ward)[1] |
Shire District: | Dover |
Shire County: | Kent |
Region: | South East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Dover |
Post Town: | Dover |
Postcode District: | CT17 |
Postcode Area: | CT |
Dial Code: | 01304 |
Os Grid Reference: | TR261501 |
Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near (and now merged with) Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum.
English railway contractor, Edward Betts, was born in Buckland.
In 1891 the civil parish had a population of 4344.[2] On 26 March 1896 the parish was abolished and merged with Dover.[3]