Ashley, Kent
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Ashley is a hamlet
located in the parish of Sutton, some five miles (8 km) north of Dover
on the summit of Gants Hill in Kent
, England
. Ashley runs almost seamlessly into the neighbouring village of Studdal. The A256 road
passes to the west of Ashley.
The main road running through Ashley is Chapel Lane. This is because of the small (Baptist) chapel that still stands on it.It was one of several village chapels in the area which belonged to the Eythorne Baptist Church "group".The chapel has now been converted into a dwelling / house.
The Pub in the photograph closed/ceased trading in 2005 and has been converted into a private dwelling (2009)
Ashley is in a predominantly rural area and the starting place of a large number of hiking routes.
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
located in the parish of Sutton, some five miles (8 km) north of Dover
Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...
on the summit of Gants Hill in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Ashley runs almost seamlessly into the neighbouring village of Studdal. The A256 road
A256 road
The A256 is a key road running north-south through East Kent which connects the Thanet towns to Dover.- Thanet :The road begins in the outskirts of the Thanet town of Broadstairs, at a roundabout with the A255 where it heads westwards through the Westwood Retail Parks via "Westwood Road".The A256...
passes to the west of Ashley.
The main road running through Ashley is Chapel Lane. This is because of the small (Baptist) chapel that still stands on it.It was one of several village chapels in the area which belonged to the Eythorne Baptist Church "group".The chapel has now been converted into a dwelling / house.
The Pub in the photograph closed/ceased trading in 2005 and has been converted into a private dwelling (2009)
Ashley is in a predominantly rural area and the starting place of a large number of hiking routes.