Country: | England |
Official Name: | Denton with Wootton |
Static Image Name: | File:View along small lane - geograph.org.uk - 366145.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | A country lane at the north of the parish |
Coordinates: | 51.168°N 1.1787°W |
Label Position: | top |
Population: | 372 |
Population Ref: | (2011 Census)[1] |
Civil Parish: | Denton with Wootton |
Shire District: | Dover |
Shire County: | Kent |
Region: | South East England |
Post Town: | Canterbury |
Postcode District: | CT4 |
Postcode Area: | CT |
Denton with Wootton is a civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. The parish contains the settlements of Denton and Wootton, 1miles apart. In 2011 it had a population of 372.
Denton with Wootton is approximately 30miles east-southeast from the county town of Maidstone. The south of the parish is 6miles north-west from the channel port of Dover, and the north, 7miles south-east from Canterbury. The A260 Barham to Folkestone road runs through the parish, and a 1miles section of the major A2 London to Dover road is part of the parish at the east.
Parishes surrounding Denton with Wootton are Barham at the north; Shepherdswell with Coldred at the north-east; Lydden at the south-east; Swingfield at the south; Acrise at the south-west; and Elham at the west.The Lydden Hill Race Circuit is within the eastern border of Denton with Wootton.
There are two parish churches: St Martin's in Wootton, and St Mary Magdalene's in Denton.
Historically Denton and Wootton contained two manors each: Denton and Tappington at Denton; Wootton and Wickham Bushes at Wootton.[2] [3]