Barham is a village of two parts - Barham itself and Derringstone which lays to the south.

It is located in and surrounded by a "Special Landscape Area" known as the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is a settlement where new buildings will be required to conform to a number of limitations on development, design and habitat protection.   The Canterbury Local Plan determines that new housing will not be allowed unless it is within the built in the confines of the village, of minor development nature and conforming to strict design and materials constraints.

Barham's Conservation areas and designation date are:-

Also within the area are a number of historic earthwork monuments:

On the left are all of the Parish's listed buildings.   Some have hyperlinks which will open a new window to present related content held on the Images of England website.   A visit to this website is highly recommended for access to listed buildings covering the whole country.