Thanington Without
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Thanington Without is a civil parish and Community in Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

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. It extends to the south-west of A2 to the Milton Bridge. The off ramp slip road is at present under construction on the East bound A2. At present the slips lead only to Dover
Dover
Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...

 – and should ease the traffic congestion in Wincheap
Wincheap
Wincheap is a road that gives its name to a southwest suburb of Canterbury in Kent, England. It forms part of the A28 road, stretching for nearly a mile from the city wall, close by Canterbury East railway station, to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of Thanington...

between the Westgate and the A2.

The North Ward of Thanington Without follows the River Stour and London Railway line, it has private housing north of Ashford Road and a large estate of mixed housing South of Ashford Road. The South ward of Thanington Without is a ribbon development along New House Lane, New House Close and Iffin Lane.

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