Godmersham

Godmersham
St Lawrence's Church, Godmersham
Godmersham Location within Kent
Area	15.7 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Population	376 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR066506
Civil parish	Godmersham
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT4
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent 51°13′05″N 0°57′26″E / 51.2180°N 0.9571°E / 51.2180; 0.9571

Godmersham is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village straddles the Great Stour river where it cuts through the North Downs and its land is approximately one third woodland, all in the far east and west on the escarpment of the North Downs. It is six miles north-east of Ashford on the A28 road midway between Ashford and Canterbury in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with the North Downs Way and Pilgrims' Way traversing the parish.

The village is divided in two by the floodplain of the Stour. The parish civil includes Godmersham village itself, and Bilting. It shares many of its activities with the neighbouring parish of Crundale, a smaller parish to the east.