Charing
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Charing is a mostly agricultural large village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, in south-east England.; it includes the settlement of Charing Heath. It is at the foot of the North Downs and reaches up to the escarpment.
The Pilgrims' Way the M20 motorway and Charing railway station (between London Victoria and Ashford International via Maidstone) serve the parish.