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Thursday, 2 September, 2010

Otterden

The Parish of Otterden is a very rural area, set high on the Kent Downs, six miles southwest of Faversham and three miles northeast of Lenham.

Otterden Place
Otterden Place


Harrow Inn
Harrow Inn


Bunce Court
Bunce Court


St Lawrence Chapel, Otterden Place
St Lawrence Chapel, Otterden Place
Shops and services

For a list of shops and services available in Otterden please click here.

Otterden community 

  • Neighrbourhood Watch
    Richard Foulger
    Telephone Icon 01622 850051
    Email Icon Richard.foulger@bromley.gov.uk
  • Mobile Library
  • Church
    Otterden is part of a combined benefice with Ospringe, Eastling and Stalisfield. Otterden is within the parish of 'Stalisfield with Otterden', and the parish church is St Mary's, Stalisfield. St Lawrence, in the grounds of Otterden Place, is a private chapel where services are normally held only during summer.
    Priest-in-charge: Rev Caroline Pinchbeck Telephone Icon 01795 890487
    Chairman: Rev Caroline Pinchbeck
    Secretary: Mrs Jan Beckenham
    Treasurer: Dr Steve Ruston
    Churchwardens: Mrs Pat Thompson, Martin Beckenham
  • "Good News" Parish Magazine
    Editorial and advertising: Mrs Hilary Harlow, Pinks Farm, Kettle Hill Road, Eastling, Faversham, Kent ME13 0BB telephone 01795 890388 email h.f.harlow@btconnect.com
  • Parish Meeting
    Chairman: David Merifield
    Hon. Clerk: Mrs Jane Bailey
    Elected Members: Geoffrey Bailey; John Baker; Mary Barling; Don Eley; Graham Galer; Liz Grundy; David Murray; Nick Swatland.
  • Transport: Bus: Route 660 (Graveney to Stalisfield Green, serving Otterden, Eastling, Painters Forstal, Faversham and Graveney). Operated by Citibus  Telephone Icon 01795 430930 Fax Icon 01795 410910.
    Rail: Nearest station: Lenham, providing services to Maidstone, London, Ashford and the coast.
    Alternatively: Faversham, providing direct services to London, Dover and Ramsgate.
  • Travel Search - bus services, timetables etc serving Otterden.

Otterden can trace its history back to the Norman Conquest when it appears in The Domesday Book as Ottringdene.
The main settlement is Warren Street, with its Harrow Inn and hotel.

Significant local buildings include Otterden Place, Halls Place and Bunce Court, the latter at one time a school run by pioneering educationalist Miss Anna Essinger as a refuge for Jewish children from Hitler's Germany.

Facts and figures

Population: 163 (source: 1991 census).
Area of Parish: approx 615 hectares.
Height above sea level: approx 120m (above sea level) to north of the parish, rising to 190m on the brow of the North Downs.