Welcome To Sholden Parish
Sholden is a quiet village situated between the town of Deal and Sandwich in Kent. We have a pretty Norman Church, an excellent Primary School, a local Cricket and Hockey Club,a welcoming Village Pub, a well stocked village store and nearby Fishing Lakes.
In the 1700s, it is alleged that Sholden was a centre for smuggling activity. At one stage a battle took place between Revenue-men and 150 villagers who had just landed a consignment of contrabrand on the coast at Deal. Highwaymen also frequented the road here. In 1797 a new turnpike road was opened between Sandwich and Deal and toll gates placed in the village.
Extract taken from www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk and provided by Deal Information Centre.
Accessibility
This website is run by Sholden Parish Council. This accessible website went live on 23 September 2020. We have published our Accessibility Statement to let you know all about our accessible website.
In web terms, Accessibility is generally used to describe the degree to which a website or application is accessible by as many people as possible. Accessibility can be viewed as the “ability to access” and possible benefit of some system or entity.
When creating websites, Aubergine regard accessibility as of great importance, and strive to make every site as accessible and usable as possible.
For this particular site, the following accessibility measures were taken:
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Site layout has been designed in a way to make browsing simple and straightforward.
Site navigation allows users to easily identify what page they are viewing.
The HTML code has been structured in such a way to allow screen readers full access to the site.
