 The closest city is Canterbury around 5 kilometres North of the Parish.There are currently no schools that are currently situated in the village, however there are a few in other local areas such as Petham, Bridge and Bossingham, these contain primary schools all within a couple of miles of Lower Hardres.Garlinge Green possesses the closest secondary school to Lower Hardres and is just on the outskirts of Canterbury.There are only a couple key buildings in the immediate area of the village.