Buckland Voice - The Community Website for Buckland and North Dover

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BUCKLAND VOICE

Welcome to the new Buckland Voice website for the Buckland, Buckland Estate (Buckland Valley), Old Park, Charlton, Barton and St Radigund's area of Dover, Kent, England.

By Terry Cleaver
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Buckland is a village on the edge of Dover which today is now a suburb surrounding the town at the North Eastern side. It has a wide history which started in Saxon times and includes the widely known Saxon cemetery discovered when the areas of Christchurch Way and Maresfield Close were built eitherside of the railway cuttings. The 'village' as it once was, has two churches: Buckland St Andrews, and Our Lady of Dover (Catholic). The area also has a former church, St Nicholas on 'The Linces' which is now a converted nursery called, 'The Umbrella Nursery'. The area is comprised of Buckland Valley (locally known as Buckland Estate), which was mainly built after World War II to house the population of central Dover which were displaced, Buckland itself, the former village now a suburb running along the London Road and Buckland Avenue, the former 'villages' of Buckland and Charlton which continue down to Charlton Green. It also includes the 'St Radigund's' area where Dover's 'Buckland Hospital' is situated. When including these areas, other churches are also included: Dover Methodist Church (The Beacon Centre), and Charlton Church of SS Peter and Paul. Two community centres, Buckland and the Triangle Centre serve the areas of Buckland and St Radigunds. Buckland Valley has a shopping area centred on Sheridan Road including a Costcutter store. Whereas the 'older' Buckland village has a shopping area centred on London Road and Cherry Tree Avenue with four public houses, 'The Bull', 'The Old Endeavor', 'The Sportsman' and 'The Kingfisher' also locally known as the 'Cherry Tree Inn', its former name. Buckland Estate (Valley) also has a public house called the 'Bricklayers Arms'.

The ward of Buckland which comprises these settlements across northern Dover, and houses around 6,000 people therefore making the most populated ward within Dover parish. The area has one secondary school, Archers Court and several primaries: The conjoined sites of 'Green Park' formerly Melbourne and Powell Schools, White Cliffs Primary College (formerly St Radigunds School), Shatterlocks Infant School, Barton Junior School, and Charlton Primary School. The former Buckland School site is on London Road, most recently the site of Churchill's Bar and Snooker Club, now a new housing development called 'Churchill Court'. Buckland also comprises the central area of Dover's former paper industry comprising its best known landmark, the former Buckland Paper Mill on Crabble Hill which is soon to be redeveloped into housing, community facilities, business units and opening of the River Dour with a walking route leading Buckland's future into the 21st Century.

Please visit the pages on this site to find out more information about Buckland in White Cliffs Country and overlooking the historic port of Dover.

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