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Charing
Village in Kent, England

Charing

Charing is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, in south-east England.

It includes the settlements of Charing Heath and Westwell Leacon. It is located at the foot of the North Downs and reaches up to the escarpment. In 2011 the parish had a population of 2,766.

How locals move

Getting around Charing the local way

  • Get aroundIt is signed throughout although its quality is variable, with a mix of cycle tracks, quiet roads and a few off-road sections.

From Wikivoyage: Kent, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Arild Vågen (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.