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Charing is situated on the North
Downs (chalk downland) in the county of Kent.
The Pilgrims Way
runs through the village on its way to Canterbury 14 miles away.
In the heart of Charing you
will find the Market Place. Leading off the Market Place is the High
Street with its busy shops, the Parish
Church, Clewards Meadow - our
village Green, Clewards Garden with the analemmatic sundial, the County Library and the Archbishop's
Palace. Of the original seventeen such palaces in Kent, our
Palace is one of the finest, most complete examples left in the
county that is anything like it was when the kings and archbishops visited
hundreds of years ago. There are signs that buildings heve
been here for over 8oo years though most remaining buildings are a little
later than this.
Much of our parish is within
'Special Landscape Areas' (SLA), 'Areas of
Outstanding Natural Beauty'(AONB) and/or are within 'Conservation
Areas'. There are several 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest'
(SSSIs).
There is much to see and do in
the area.
The two pictures above show High
Street in the 1920s and the 1990s
Why not visit the Charing Web
Site at www.charing.info
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