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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.
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Sandwich and Pegwell Bay is a 615-hectare (1,520-acre) nature reserve in Kent, managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. [1] It is a National Nature Reserve, [2] [3] and it includes a Geological Conservation Review site, [4] [5] Prince's Beachlands Local Nature Reserve [6] and two Special Areas of Conservation, Sandwich Bay [7] and Thanet Coast. [8]
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 ...
Richard William Seale's map of 1744, showing Roche Island and noting its discovery in 1675. The island of South Georgia was first sighted and visited in April 1675 by Anthony de la Roché, a London merchant and (despite his French name) an Englishman, who spent a fortnight in one of the island's bays. [5]
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 ...
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Herne Bay and Sandwich is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was contested for the first time at the 2024 general election.