In 1900, however, Kent absorbed the district of Penge. Some of Kent is contiguous with the Greater London sprawl, notably parts of Dartford. Originally, the border between Kent and Sussex (later East Sussex) ran through the towns of Tunbridge Wells and Lamberhurst.
Kent, administrative, geographic, and historic county of England, lying at the southeastern extremity of Great Britain. It is bordered to the southwest by East Sussex, to the west by Surrey, to the northwest by Greater London, to the north by the Thames estuary, to the northeast by the North Sea,
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Kent is the most south-easterly county in the United Kingdom and therefore enjoys much of Britain's warmest and driest weather. Spanning 1,442 square miles, Kent shares its borders with East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London and Essex as well as being the shortest gateway from England to France.
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