Civil parish Denton with Wootton Country England Post town Canterbury Local time Wednesday 6:04 PM District Dover District Population 372 (2011 Census) | Region South East Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Kent Shire county Kent Postcode district CT4 | |
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Wootton is a village near Dover in Kent, England. It was the birthplace of the mathematician and surveyor Leonard Digges, who some claim invented a functioning telescope some time between 1540 and 1559.
Map of Wootton, Canterbury, UK
It once had a Baptist chapel, linked to the Eythorne Baptist Church group. The worldwide known Lydden Hill Race Circuit, the so-called "Home of Rallycross", is located near Wootton village. The civil parish is called Denton with Wootton.
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Wootton, Kent Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA