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Kenardington

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Kenardington is a small clustered village and the centre of a relatively small rural civil parish of the same name, in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is centred 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Ashford on the B2067 Hamstreet to Tenterden road.

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N 51.0623 ° E 0.8153 °
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B2067
TN26 2LX
England, United Kingdom
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