Shakespeare Cliff
Shakespeare Cliff is a cliff in Dover, Kent, England. Shakespeare Cliff is situated nearby to the locality Aycliff, as well as near the suburb Maxton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shakespeare Tunnel and Dover Priory railway station.
Shakespeare Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shakespeare Tunnel is a railway tunnel carrying the South Eastern Main Line between Folkestone and Dover in Kent, UK. Completed in 1884, it was bored beneath the chalk Shakespeare Cliff along the south eastern coastline of England and allows services into and out of Dover Priory railway station.
Dover Priory railway station
Railway station
Dover Priory railway station is the southern terminus of the South Eastern Main Line. It is the main station serving the town of Dover, in Kent, England; the other is Kearsney, on the outskirts.
Samphire Hoe
Park
Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Samphire Hoe is a country park situated 2 miles west of Dover in Kent in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and is located at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maxton and Buckland.
Maxton
Suburb
Maxton is an area in the west of Dover, in the county of Kent, England. Maxton also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938.
Buckland
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum. Buckland is situated 2 miles north of Shakespeare Cliff.
Kearsney
Village
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Kearsney is a village in Kent, England. At one time it would have been called a hamlet, there being no church there. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Temple Ewell. Kearsney is situated 3 miles north of Shakespeare Cliff.
Shakespeare Cliff
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: Dover, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.11003° or 51° 6′ 36″ northLongitude
1.29181° or 1° 17′ 31″ eastOpen location code
9F33476R+2PGeoNames ID
2638154
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