Wootton, Kent

Wootton
Wootton
 Wootton shown within Kent
Population 372 (2011 Census)[1]
Civil parishDenton with Wootton
DistrictDover
Shire countyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Canterbury
Postcode district CT4
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
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Coordinates: 51°10′30″N 1°10′48″E / 51.175°N 1.18°E / 51.175; 1.18

Wootton is a village near Dover in Kent, England. It was the birthplace of the mathematician and surveyor Leonard Digges, who some claim invented a functioning telescope some time between 1540 and 1559.

It once had a Baptist chapel, linked to the Eythorne Baptist Church group. The worldwide known Lydden Hill Race Circuit, the so-called "Home of Rallycross", is located near Wootton village. The civil parish is called Denton with Wootton.

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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