Population 1,740 (2011) Region South East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Kent District Dover District | Civil parish Guston, Kent Country England Post town Dover Local time Sunday 5:33 AM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 85% Humidity Points of interest White Cliffs of Dover, National Trust ‑ The White Clif, Blériot Memorial, Fort Burgoyne | ||
Guston is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, England. The village lies about a quarter of a mile north of the campus of the Duke of York's Royal Military School, near Martin Mill. The village, in the 1950s, was the site of one public house, one post office, one Saxon church and about one-hundred homes. There is a windmill, which has been converted into a house.
Map of Guston, Dover, UK
Guston is a village located in the South East of England. The names of other villages nearby are Whitfield, East Langdon, Pineham and Buckland. The River Dour is approximately 2.71 km away from Guston. There is easy access to main roads, for instance the A2 and A258 run around and through the village of Guston.
In 1870-72 it was described as
a parish in Dover district, Kent; 2½ miles E by N of Ewell r. station, and 2½ N of Dover. Posttown, Dover. Acres, 1, 421; of which 20 are water. Real property, £2, 554. Pop., 436. Houses, 88. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; and was annexed in 1868 to the vicarage of River. The church is Norman; has three windows at the west end; and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
According to the office of neighbourhood statistics there is over 917 males (persons) and 823 females (persons) living in the area currently.