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Il distretto fu creato con il Local Government Act 1972, il 1º aprile, 1974 dalla fusione dei borough di Folkestone, Hythe, Lydd e New Romney con il Distretto rurale di Elham ed il Romney Marsh. Fino al 2018, il distretto è stato conosciuto come Shepway .
Shepway may refer to the following places and institutions in Kent, England: Shepway, Maidstone, a suburb of Maidstone. The former name for Folkestone and Hythe District. The name of a lathe, a historical subdivision of Kent. The court of Shepway, a historical local royal court of justice associated with the Cinque Ports.
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The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of six former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: 1. Elham Rural District 2. Folkestone Municipal Borough 3. HytheMunicipal Borough 4. LyddMunicipal Borough 5. New RomneyMunicipal Borough 6. Romney Marsh Rural District The new di...
Folkestone and Hythe District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Kent County Council. The district is also entirely covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.
Folkestone and Hythe occupies the most southerly part of Kent. It is bounded on the north by Ashford and Canterbury Districts; on the east by Dover District and on the south by the Strait of Dover. The Romney and Walland Marshes cover a good deal of its area to the west; where the North Downs begin to reach the sea there is much more in the way of ...
The layout of the main towns is one of Victorian streets interspersed with apartment blocks, including a few tower blocks with otherwise housing in the district formed of low-riseapartments, semi-detached, terraced or (less often) detached homes with typically smallholdings or small gardens. The number of listed buildingsin the district exceeds 200...
In economic terms, Folkestone and Hythe is the third most deprived area in Kent, after Thanet and Swale. Like them, it has a high rate of unemployment; poor educational attainment figures; and with the majority of businesses being small operations. The major source of economy is, however, tourism. Events and venues are widely publicised.
In terms of television, the area is served by BBC South East and ITV Meridian (East) broadcasting from the Dovertransmitter. Local radio stations are: 1. BBC Radio Kenton 97.6 FM and 104.2 FM 2. Heart Southon 97.0 FM 3. KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country on 96.4 FM and 106.8 FM which covers the area and the district of Dover 4. Academy FM on 105...
The M20 crosses the north of the District to end at Folkestone, carrying traffic from London, M25 and Maidstoneto the district. Also following the M20 is the A20 which goes by nearby villages in the district. The A20 also continues onto Dover. The A259 south coast road starts at Folkestone via Hythe, Kent and Romney Marsh in the district to Rye, Ea...
The whole district is divided into civil parishes. The parish councils for Folkestone, Hawkinge, Hythe, Lydd and New Romney take the style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes have a parish meetingrather than a parish council. 1. (M) Parishes marked thus are served by a parish meeting, not a parish council
Shepway is a suburb to the south-east of Maidstone in Kent, England. It lies to the south of Mote Park, to the east of Loose Road ( A229) and Sutton Road ( A274 ), and west of Willington Street. The area was formerly farmland and orchards.
A monumental cross now indicates what was from 1358 a meeting place of the confederation of the Cinque ports, several miles west of Hythe, known then as "the Shepway crossroads". Shepway cross, erected in 1923, the monument to the Court of Shepway, is beside the Hythe to Lympne road (B2067).
Shepway, district, southern administrative and historic county of Kent, England. It extends along the English Channel coast from north of Folkestone (the district headquarters) to south of the Dungeness promontory. Inland, the diverse landscapes of the district include a part of the chalk hills.
Folkestone & Hythe, vroeger: Shepway, is een Engels district in het shire-graafschap (non-metropolitan county OF county) Kent en telt 113.000 inwoners. De oppervlakte bedraagt 357 km². Van de bevolking is 20,1% ouder dan 65 jaar.
