South Foreland
South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gary Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Foreland Upper Lighthouse and Fan Bay Deep Shelter.
Fan Bay Deep Shelter
Photo: Inklin235, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fan Bay Deep Shelter is a series of tunnels constructed during World War II as accommodation for Fan Bay Battery artillery battery, 23 metres down in the White Cliffs of Dover at Fan Bay near the Port of Dover.
South Foreland Lower Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The South Foreland Lighthouses are a pair of Victorian lighthouses on the South Foreland in St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, Kent, England, used to warn ships approaching the nearby Goodwin Sands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Cliffe and East Langdon.
West Cliffe
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Cliffe or Westcliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St. Margaret's At Cliffe, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England, near Dover. In 1931 the parish had a population of 88.
East Langdon
Hamlet
Photo: Rosie Burnham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Langdon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Langdon, in the Dover district of Kent, England. It is 3 miles northeast from Dover town. East Langdon is situated 2½ miles northwest of South Foreland.
Martin Mill
Hamlet
Photo: Rosie Burnham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martin Mill is a village in east Kent, England. It takes its name from the nearby village of Martin. Martin Mill railway station is on the Dover to Deal railway line. Martin Mill is situated 2½ miles north of South Foreland.
South Foreland
- Type: Meadow
- Description: headland near Dover in UK
- Category: cape
- Location: St Margaret’s at Cliffe, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.1385° or 51° 8′ 19″ northLongitude
1.36601° or 1° 21′ 58″ eastElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Operator
National TrustOpen location code
9F3349Q8+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 72323195OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadowGeoNames ID
2637420Wikidata ID
Q15278681
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“South Foreland” goes by many names.
- Basque: “South Foreland”
- Breton: “South Foreland”
- Cebuano: “South Foreland”
- Chinese: “南福尔兰角”
- German: “South Foreland”
- Greek: “Σάουθ Φόρλαντ”
- Hungarian: “South Foreland”
- Japanese: “サウス・フォアランド”
- Swedish: “South Foreland”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Foreland Lighthouse and Fan Bay Sound Mirrors.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “South Foreland”. Photo: Gary Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.