Village Pump is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Pump. 2 related planning applications.

Village Pump

WRENN ID
swift-hearth-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1979
Type
Pump
Address
Village Pump, Front Road, Woodchurch
OS grid reference
TQ 942 348
Coordinates
51.08005, 0.77251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Village Pump, dated 1878, is a rectangular cast iron structure located on the east side of Woodchurch Front Road. It features a moulded plinth and a pyramidal cap, along with a cast iron spout and pump handle.

Local climate

Village Pump sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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