Deal is a town in Kent, England which lies on the English Channel, eight miles north-east of Dover and eight miles south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town. Close to Deal is Walmer, a possible location for Julius Caesar's first arrival in Britain.
Population: 29,248
Latitude: 51° 13' 23.59" N
Longitude: 1° 24' 15.55" E
Shepherdswell railway station was the southern terminus of the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. The normal practice was to run coaches into the station under gravity. Shepherds…
Sandwich Road railway station (TR 317 585) was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in November 1925 and closed to passenger traffic on 31 October 1928. There were plans to extend to Richboro Port railway station but permissio…
Roman Road railway station (TR 317 573) was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway.
Richboro Port railway station was constructed by the East Kent Light Railway, as part of its branch to Richborough Port, which never opened to passengers. Authorisation to operate a passenger service over the branch was never requested by the East K…
Poison Cross railway station (TR 309 557) was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway.
Park Gate Down is a stretch of chalk downland near Elham in East Kent. The site is owned and managed as a nature reserve by the Kent Wildlife Trust and is also listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Special Area of Conservation…
Lydden Spout Battery is a World War II coastal defence battery built in 1941 west of Dover. Originally armed with three 6-inch Mark VII naval guns on Mark V mountings, later upgraded to Mark XXIV guns on the same mountings.
Isaac Bargrave (1586 – January 1643) was an English royalist churchman, Dean of Canterbury from 1625 to 1643.
Hougham Battery is a World War II coastal defence battery built in 1941 between Dover and Folkestone in southeast England.
Highstead is a village near Chislet, off the A299 road, in the Canterbury District, in the English county of Kent. It is near the town of Herne Bay.
Herne Common /hɜrn/ is south of the village of Herne on the A291 road, which is between the town of Herne Bay and the village of Sturry, in the Canterbury District, in the English county of Kent.
Grays is a hamlet within the civil parish of Chislet, near Canterbury, Kent. It is located to the south of the A299 road and is located on the North Stream, a tributary of the River Wantsum. The hamlet consists of a small collection of houses (Littl…
Foreness Point is a low headland on the coast of Kent in England. It extends a short distance into the entrance of the Thames Estuary, on the north coast of Thanet, between Palm Bay in Cliftonville and Botany Bay in Broadstairs. Off the point there …
The Elham Valley is a chalk valley carved by the River Nailbourne situated in the North Downs in East Kent. The valley is named after the settlement of Elham.
Eastry railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. It was the station before the Richborough Branch diverged from the main line to Wingham.
Eastry South railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 13 April 1925 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. The station served the village of Eastry. There was a siding to the south of the statio…
Cheriton Road is a football stadium in Folkestone, Kent, England, which serves as the home ground of Folkestone Invicta.
For the village in Shropshire, see Calcott, Shropshire