Upper Hardres.

Location: About four miles directly South of Canterbury just to the East of the B2068 Roman Road of Watling Street.

St. Peter & St. Paul's Church, Upper Hardres.
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Upper Hardres suddenly appears on a bend in the road and is then gone again. A very small village and consisting of a few cottages, the Church and Upper Hardres Court. The entrance to Upper Hardres Court has a huge barn by the side of it which seems to need more and more repairs over the years. For some reason, the cry of peacocks, which have been here since I can remember, do not seem out of place. The owner of The Court in the time of Henry VIII apparently return to Upper Hardres after a successful seige with the gates of Boulogne which he then mounted in the entrance to the grounds. Well, I suppose it beats a stick of rock or a piece of cheap pottery with "a present from Boulogne on it"!

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