Bekesbourne

Bekesbourne
The Old Palace
Bekesbourne Location within Kent
Area	8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population	925 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	109/km2 (280/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR191559
Civil parish	Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne
District	Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT4
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places UK England Kent 51°15′27″N 1°08′39″E / 51.2576°N 1.1443°E / 51.2576; 1.1443

Bekesbourne is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne, in the Canterbury district, in Kent, South-East England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 538.^[2]

The village centre is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) east-south-east of Canterbury Cathedral and stretches less than 1 km from Bekesbourne railway station to the A2 road to the south.