BLEAN.CO.UK

Blean
Blean shown within Kent
OS grid reference	TR119608
Parish	Blean
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT2
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°18'28?N 1°02'22?E? / ?51.3077, 1.0395

Blean is located in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. It is the name of the civil parish as well as the village within it: the latter is scattered along the road between Canterbury and Whitstable, in the middle of what was once the extensive Forest of Blean.

The parish church is dedicated to St. Cosmus and St. Damian in the Blean: the ancient ecclesiastical parish carries that title, although the modern civil parish does not. It is a 13th century building, isolated from the village.

Blean is the birthplace of early England woman cricketer, Peta Taylor. The Blean Beagles Hunt that set out from the village gave its name to HMS Blean.

[edit] External links

• Parish church history