Broomfield is a southern area of the town of Herne Bay

Herne Bay, Kent

Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, South East England, with a population of 35,188. On the south coast of the Thames Estuary, it is north of Canterbury and east of Whitstable. It neighbours the ancient villages of Herne and Reculver and is part of the City of Canterbury local government district...

 in Kent

Kent

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, England

England

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. It is part of the Herne and Broomfield

Herne and Broomfield

Herne and Broomfield is a civil parish within the City of Canterbury. The parish is situated to the north of Canterbury in Kent. The seaside town of Herne Bay is the other side of the A299 road, Thanet Way that marks the northern boundary of the parish...

 civil parish

Civil parish

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. Population of 7,339 (2001 Census, Office for National Statistics).

To the South of Broomfield lies agricultural farmland and East Blean Wood.
In 2007, a world championship standard BMX

BMX

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 track was opened by the BBC

BBC

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 presenter, Kaddy Lee-Preston

Kaddy Lee-Preston

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 on land that was formerly an old landfill

Landfill

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 site, to the South east of Broomfield.

Broomfield has seen much housing development in the last two decades and the boundary with neighbouring Herne

Herne, Kent

Herne is a village in South East England, divided by the Thanet Way from the seaside resort of Herne Bay. Administratively it is in the civil parish of Herne and Broomfield in Kent. Between Herne and Broomfield is the former hamlet of Hunters Forstal; Herne Common lies to the south.The hamlet of...

has become blurred. More recently, land to the North of Broomfield and the Thanet Way has also succumbed to housing development. However, in spite of all this housing, there are only a few shops. There a small number of shops in Hawe Farm Way which includes a mini-supermarket/newsagents, two take aways, and a hairdressers. The only other shop is Broomfield Post Office in Margate Road.

Broomfield has two pubs, The Plough and The Huntsman & Horn. The latter overlooks Broomfield Pond.