Sellindge
Since 1971 til 2014 the yearly Sellindge Steam rally was held on Hope farm by Les Birch. Folkestone & Ashford Military Show has been held on the same site since 2019. In 2008 and 2009 the Sellindge Music Festival was held in the village.
The static inverter plant of HVDC Cross-Channel lies south of the motorway on Church Lane. Plans exist for a 3,000 capacity lorry park and an anaerobic digestion plant. A new town called Otterpool is planned nearby.
Sport & Leisure
The village has a sports and social club and a village hall. Sellindge has to its northern side the Kent North Downs. The village has one public house, The Duke's Head, and a small shopping area. There is also a church.
In popular culture
Author Russell Hoban repurposes Sellindge as "Sel Out" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel Riddley Walker.
References
- ^ "Folkestone & Ashford Military Show". Folkestone & Ashford Military Show. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Sellindge and District Residents Association". Sellindge and District Residents Association. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ Chessum, Victoria (28 November 2021). "Otterpool Park: The huge 10,000 home garden town completely changing the face of Kent". Kent Live. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Places - Riddley Walker Annotations". Errorbar. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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