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Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England.It lies on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. [1] Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings, including several listed public houses and gates in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill.
Richborough (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ b ər ə /) is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Richborough lies close to the Isle of Thanet . The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash .
The confederation of Cinque Ports (/ s ɪ ŋ k p ɔːr t s / sink ports) [1] is a historic group of coastal towns in south-east England – predominantly in Kent and Sussex, with one outlier (Brightlingsea) in Essex. [2] The name is Old French, meaning "five harbours", and alludes to the original five members (Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover ...
Woodnesborough (/ ˈ w ɪ n z b r ə / ⓘ WINZ-brə) is a village in the Dover District of Kent, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sandwich. The population taken at the 2011 census included Coombe as well as Marshborough, and totalled 1,066. [1] There is a Grade II* listed [2] Anglican church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
A 1945 Ordnance Survey map of Sandwich showing the station along with the East Kent Light Railway The first proposal for a station at Sandwich was in 1836–37 by the Kent Railway. [ 2 ] An independent line to London was considered, but the South Eastern Railway (SER) decided they would construct a branch line from the Ashford to Ramsgate line ...
The Stonar Cut obviates the need for seagoing craft to take the longer route around the loop at Sandwich. [3] From the tidal limit at Fordwich to the sea, the river is fringed with marshes. Most of them are located on what was the floor of the Wantsum Channel, whilst those to the south lie behind the sand dunes of the Sandwich Flats.
Low tide at Sandwich Bay. Sandwich Bay is a long sweeping inlet of the sea between Ramsgate and Deal, on the east coast of Kent, England. The coastal area consists of sand flats with their associated salt marshes and coastal sand dunes. The Sandwich Flats stretch for about five miles (8 km) along the coast. The coastal habitats are of high ...
The starters hut at the 1st hole. The Royal St George's Golf Club located in Sandwich, Kent, England, is a golf club in the United Kingdom and one of the courses on The Open Championship rotation and is the only Open rota golf course to be located in South East England.