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Map of Kent, UK with Folkestone and Hythe highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 2 August 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot ...
The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales.
Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club are based at Three Hills Sports Park (along with the cricket and netball clubs). [49] There is a Bowls Club [50] and a Running Club [51] based in the town. Folkestone hosted the 5th Chess Olympiad in 1933. [52] Among others, the artist Marcel Duchamp took part as a member of the French team. [citation needed]
Dartmouth (/ ˈ d ɑːr t m ə θ /) is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon.It is a tourist destination set on the western bank of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes.
Click on the red or green dot to display a detailed map showing the location of the castle. Green dots represent for the most part castles of which substantial remains survive, red dots represent castles of which only earthworks or vestiges survive, or in a few cases castles of which there are no visible remains.
The CT postcode area, also known as the Canterbury postcode area, [2] is a group of 21 postcode districts in South East England, within 13 post towns. These cover much of east Kent , including Canterbury , Dover , Folkestone , Birchington , Broadstairs , Deal , Herne Bay , Hythe , Margate , Ramsgate , Sandwich , Westgate-on-Sea and Whitstable .
List of places in England; Lists of places in Wales; List of places in Scotland; List of places in Northern Ireland; Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the study of place names; List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles; United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
The A20 is a major road in south-east England, carrying traffic from London to Dover in Kent. Parts of the route date back to turnpikes established in the early part of the 18th century. The line of the road throughout Kent runs closely in parallel with the M20 motorway .