Stansted, Kent
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Stansted is a village and rural parish in the Tonbridge and Malling
district of the county of Kent
in the United Kingdom
(not to be confused with Stansted Mountfitchet
or London Stansted Airport
, both of which are in Essex
).
It is located at 51°20′08"N 0°18′37"E, close by the M20 motorway
. The Morris dance
rs of Stansted were one of the earliest groups to form from the revival of the activity, in 1934. The name Stansted means "stony place".
broadcast in the United Kingdom over the Easter
2007 holiday season. Additional scenes were filmed at Wormshill
and Ringlestone
as ostensibly the same village location, notwithstanding they are some 20 miles (30 kilometres) from Stansted.
for consideration http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL292705220071230.
mistakenly used inflight 'skymaps' that relocated Stansted Airport, Essex to Stansted in Kent. Skymaps show passengers their location, but the mistake was luckily not replicated on the pilots' navigation system. BA blamed outside contractors hired to make the map. "It was the mistake of the independent company that produced the software," said a spokeswoman. "The cartographer appears to have confused the vast Essex airport, which handles 25 million passengers a year, with this tiny Kent village, also called Stansted, which has a population of around 200".
Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district and borough in the English county of Kent.Tonbridge and Malling borough covers an area from the North Downs at Burham and Snodland in the north to the town of Tonbridge in the south...
district of the county of 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...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
(not to be confused with Stansted Mountfitchet
Stansted Mountfitchet
Stansted Mountfitchet is a village and civil parish in the county of Essex, England, near the Hertfordshire border, north of London. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,533. The village is served by Stansted Mountfitchet railway station....
or London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport
-Cargo:-Statistics:-Infrastructure:-Terminal and satellite buildings:Stansted is the newest passenger airport of all the main London airports. The terminal is an oblong glass building, and is separated in to three areas: Check-in concourse, arrivals and departures...
, both of which are in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
).
It is located at 51°20′08"N 0°18′37"E, close by the M20 motorway
M20 motorway
The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It runs from the M25 motorway to Folkestone, providing a link to the Channel Tunnel and the ports at Dover. It is long...
. The Morris dance
Morris dance
Morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, handkerchiefs and bells may also be wielded by the dancers...
rs of Stansted were one of the earliest groups to form from the revival of the activity, in 1934. The name Stansted means "stony place".
Filming location
In January 2007 the village was used as a semi-fictional location in the filming of an episode of EastEndersEastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
broadcast in the United Kingdom over the Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
2007 holiday season. Additional scenes were filmed at Wormshill
Wormshill
Wormshill , historically called Wormsell, is a small village and civil parish within the Borough of Maidstone, Kent, England. The parish is approximately south of The Swale and north of Maidstone. The villages of Frinsted and Bicknor are equidistant to the east and west, respectively; while...
and Ringlestone
Ringlestone
Ringlestone is a hamlet between Wormshill and Harrietsham in the Maidstone district of Kent, England, falling within the civil parish of Wormshill, it is not to be confused with the Ringlestone suburb of Maidstone....
as ostensibly the same village location, notwithstanding they are some 20 miles (30 kilometres) from Stansted.
Shooting
On December 29, 2007, villagers alerted the police to a man in the village brandishing a gun. Reports say, however, that it was perhaps the man himself who alerted the police http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3108323.ece. Upon arrival, the police opened fire and eventually shot and killed him http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Police-marksmen-shoot-gunman-dead-newsinkent8301.aspx. The situation has been handed over to the IPCCIndependent Police Complaints Commission
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is a non-departmental public body in England and Wales responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales.-Role:...
for consideration http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL292705220071230.
Primary School
Stansted C of E Primary School first opened its doors in August 1874 with a total of 44 pupils. The children were all taught in one large school room until 1899 when a donation of a curtain allowed the infants to be separated from the older pupils. In 2005 the original Victorian building and mobile classrooms were upgraded creating the village school we know today. The school currently has around 90 pupils.BA confuse Stansted Airport with Stansted, Kent
In early 2007, British AirwaysBritish Airways
British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations...
mistakenly used inflight 'skymaps' that relocated Stansted Airport, Essex to Stansted in Kent. Skymaps show passengers their location, but the mistake was luckily not replicated on the pilots' navigation system. BA blamed outside contractors hired to make the map. "It was the mistake of the independent company that produced the software," said a spokeswoman. "The cartographer appears to have confused the vast Essex airport, which handles 25 million passengers a year, with this tiny Kent village, also called Stansted, which has a population of around 200".