It was established as a planned coalmining village in the 1920s and is on the A28 road between Canterbury and the Isle of Thanet.

[2] The Ashford to Ramsgate railway line runs through the parish to the south of the village.

[3] Exploratory works for a Channel Tunnel at Shakespeare Cliff near Dover led to the identification of the Kent Coalfield in 1890.

Canterbury Industrial Park is located to the west of the village on the site of spoil heap associated with the colliery.

With the “Hoplands” estate, there will be a new primary school, a Co-Op, a Harvester, a pharmacy, a community square, a Canterbury College Centre, a dentist, and some business parks.