Chestfield

Chestfield
Chestfield Barn
Chestfield Location within Kent
Area	7.94 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population	3,214 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	405/km2 (1,050/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR132657
Civil parish	Chestfield
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITSTABLE
Postcode district	CT5
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places UK England Kent 51°21′18″N 1°03′50″E / 51.355°N 1.064°E / 51.355; 1.064

Chestfield is a village (and civil parish and with Swalecliffe a district council ward) in the Canterbury District of Kent, England. The parish is centred 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the sea on the north coast of Kent, between the towns of Whitstable and Herne Bay. It is approximately five miles (8 km) north of Canterbury. Over a third of the parish, all of which is the south of its ambit, is woodland. The north-west consists of a business park and superstore.