Northbourne is a village and civil parish near Deal in Kent, England. It has a public house, The Hare and Hounds, a primary school and is the home of the current, and prior, Baron Northbourne.[2] It should not be confused with an area in Bournemouth of the same name.

Northbourne
A house in Northbourne
Northbourne is located in Kent
Northbourne
Northbourne
Location within Kent
Population772 (Including Betteshanger, Finglesham, Hacklinge, and Marley. 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTR3352
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDeal
Postcode districtCT14
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°13′12″N 1°20′20″E / 51.220°N 1.339°E / 51.220; 1.339
New Mill, Northbourne

KentSalads Ltd were based in Northbourne until they relocated to Tilmanstone and renamed themselves Tilmanstone Salads. Kentsalads were the first UK company to produce Iceberg lettuce commercially.

Within the parish is The Miner's Way Trail, which links up the coalfield parishes of East Kent.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ Paull, John (2014) Lord Northbourne, the man who invented organic farming, a biography Journal of Organic Systems, 9 (1), pp. 31-53.
  3. ^ "The History of the Coalfield Parishes". www.dover.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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