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List of settlements in Kent by population; List of civil parishes in Kent; Category:Civil parishes in Kent; Category:Towns in Kent; Category:Villages in Kent; Category:Geography of Kent; List of places in England
Port of Dover, Kent (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Ports and harbours of Kent" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The confederation of Cinque Ports (/ s ɪ ŋ k p ɔːr t s / sink ports) [1] is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier (Brightlingsea) in Essex. [2] The name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to the original five members (Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover ...
The north of the county contains a conurbation which includes the towns of Chatham, Gillingham, and Rochester. Other large towns are Maidstone and Ashford, and the borough of Canterbury holds city status. For local government purposes Kent consists of a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and the unitary authority area of Medway.
Port of Tilbury: 1908 London: Forth Ports: 4 Port of London: 2013 London: DP World: 5 Port of Immingham: 1912 Immingham: Associated British Ports: 6 Port of Liverpool: 1971 Liverpool: The Peel Group: 7 Port of Tees: 1992 Middlesbrough: PD Ports: 8 Port of Tyne: 1968 Tyne and Wear: Port of Tyne Authority 9 Port of Bristol: 1978 Bristol: The ...
This is a list of settlements in Kent by population based on the results of the 2011 census. Another United Kingdom census took place in 2021. In 2011, there were 44 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Kent, shown in the table below. See the List of places in Kent article for an extensive list of local places and districts.
Geological cross-section of Kent, showing how it relates to major towns. The coastline of Kent is continuously changing, due to tectonic uplift and coastal erosion. Until about 960, the Isle of Thanet was an island, separated by the Wantsum channel, formed around a deposit of chalk; over time, the channels silted up with alluvium.
Thirty-two cities have a Lord Provost (in Scotland) or a Lord Mayor (in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), see List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom. The six cities where the Lord Mayor or Lord Provost has the right to the style The Right Honourable are York, the City of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow (since 1912 ...