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(“kent” /ˈkɛnt/ is a county in ‘south east england’ and one of the ‘home counties’)
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*it borders* –>
‘greater london’ to the northwest
‘surrey’ to the west
‘east sussex’ to the southwest)
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(the county also shares borders with ‘essex’ along the estuary of the ‘river thames’, and with the french department of ‘pas-de-calais’ along the ‘english channel’)
(the county town is ‘maidstone’)
(‘canterbury cathedral’ in ‘kent’ has been the seat of the ‘archbishop of canterbury’, leader of the ‘church of england’, since the conversion of ‘england’ to ‘christianity’ by ‘saint augustine’ began in the ‘6th century’)
(between ‘london’ and the ‘strait of dover’, which separates it from mainland ‘europe’, ‘kent’ has seen both ‘diplomacy’ and ‘conflict’, ranging from the ‘leeds castle’ peace talks of ‘1978’ and 2004 to the ‘battle of britain’ in ‘world war II’)
(‘england’ relied on the county’s ports to provide ‘warships’ through much of its history; the ‘cinque ports’ in the 12th–14th centuries and ‘chatham dockyard’ in the 16th – 20th centuries were of particular importance)
(‘france’ can be seen clearly in fine weather from ‘folkestone’ and the ‘white cliffs of dover hills’ in the form of the ‘north downs’ and the ‘greensand ridge’ span the length of the ‘county’ and in the series of ‘valleys’ in between and to the south are most of the county’s 26 castles)
(because of its relative abundance of ‘fruit-growing’ and ‘hop gardens’, ‘kent’ is known as ‘the garden of england’)
(the title was defended in ‘2006’ when a survey of ‘beautiful counties’ by the ‘UKTV Style Gardens’ channel put ‘kent’ in 5th place, behind ‘north yorkshire’, ‘devon’, ‘derbyshire’, and ‘gloucestershire’)
(kent’s economy is greatly diversified)
(‘haulage’, ‘logistics’, and ‘tourism’ are major industries; major industries in ‘northwest kent’ include ‘aggregate building materials’, ‘printing’, and ‘scientific research’)
(‘coal mining’ has also played its part in kent’s industrial heritage)
(large parts of ‘kent’ are within the ‘london commuter belt’ and its strong transport connections to the capital and the nearby continent makes ‘kent’ a ‘high income county’)
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(28% of the county forms part of 2 “areas of ‘outstanding natural beauty'”: the ‘north downs’ and ‘the high weald’)
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