page_title: Fordwich
section_title: Culture and community
hierarchical_section_title: Fordwich / Culture and community
caption_attribution_description: English: Cottage of St. John. Fordwich, dated 1650
context_page_description: Fordwich is a remnant market town and a civil parish in east Kent, England, on the River Stour, northeast of Canterbury.
  It is the smallest community by population in Britain with a town council. Its population increased by 30 between 2001 and 2011.
  Although many miles inland, it was the main port for Canterbury, which traded directly with London and Channel ports and indirectly with the near Continent, before the Wantsum Channel silted up making the Isle of Thanet part of mainland England.
context_section_description: There are two pubs in the town, the George & Dragon and Fordwich Arms. Fordwich gained angling and fishing repute (from Izaak Walton) for its 'Fordwich trout', one of the largest types found.
  Fordwich has been the subject for a series of children's books by author F.J. Beerling. Inspired by the beautiful Kentish countryside and against the backdrop of the river Stour, Beerling fell in love with the old-world charm that Fordwich has, along with the even older charm of the Fordwich Town Hall building.
caption: Cottage dated 1650
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