Hersden

Hersden
Village entrance
Hersden Location within Kent
Population	1,503 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TR204620
Civil parish	Hersden
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Canterbury
Postcode district	CT3
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places UK England Kent 51°18′54″N 1°09′43″E / 51.315°N 1.162°E / 51.315; 1.162

Hersden is a village east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England. It was established as a planned coalmining village in the 1920s and is on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet. Work in the Kent Coalfield was the main source of employment in the village until the closure of the Kent colliery in the 1980s.

The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from parts of Sturry, Chislet and Westbere.^[2] The Ashford to Ramsgate railway line runs through the parish to the south of the village. This formerly served the colliery and a station, Chislet Colliery Halt railway station, operated between 1919 and 1971.