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Sandgate

Sandgate

Sandgate is a village in the and Urban Area in the Folkestone and Hythe district of , England. It had a population of 4,225 at the 2001 census.
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  • Type: Village with 4,930 residents
  • Description: village in Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Sandgate, Kent” and “Swingate”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandgate Castle and Church of St Paul.

Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.
is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Sandgate in Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect England against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended a vulnerable point along the coast.

Church
Photo: Mutzy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Social service facility
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near , in southeast England. It was the home of the science fiction writer H. G. Wells from 1901 to 1909. Designed by C. F. A. Voysey, it is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seabrook and Cheriton.

Village
is a small coastal village in civil parish, Folkestone and Hythe District, , England. The village lies in between Sandgate and .

Suburb
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a northern suburb of , in the Folkestone and Hythe, in the county of , England. It is the location of the English terminal of the as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town on the coast, in the South East of . It is known for its artworks around the town and good beaches.

Sandgate

Latitude
51.07438° or 51° 4′ 28″ north
Longitude
1.14871° or 1° 8′ 55″ east
Population
4,930
United Nations Location Code
GB QVG
Open location code
9F3334FX+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29175420
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2638588
Wiki­data ID
Q1000312
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sandgate” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sandgate”
  • Arabic: “ساندجيت، كينت، إنجلترا”
  • Arabic: “ساندجيت، كينت”
  • Aragonese: “Sandgate”
  • Arpitan: “Sandgate”
  • Asturian: “Sandgate”
  • Bambara: “Sandgate”
  • Basque: “Sandgate”
  • Bavarian: “Sandgate”
  • Bengali: “স্যান্ডগেইট”
  • Breton: “Sandgate”
  • Cajun French: “Sandgate”
  • Catalan: “Sandgate”
  • Cebuano: “Sandgate”
  • Chinese: “桑蓋特”
  • Chinese: “珊德盖特”
  • Chinese: “珊德蓋特”
  • Corsican: “Sandgate”
  • Croatian: “Sandgate”
  • Czech: “Sandgate”
  • Danish: “Sandgate”
  • Dutch: “Sandgate”
  • Esperanto: “Sandgate”
  • Estonian: “Sandgate”
  • Finnish: “Sandgate”
  • French: “Sandgate”
  • Friulian: “Sandgate”
  • Galician: “Sandgate”
  • German: “Sandgate”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ડગેટ”
  • Hungarian: “Sandgate”
  • Ido: “Sandgate”
  • Indonesian: “Sandgate”
  • Interlingua: “Sandgate”
  • Interlingue: “Sandgate”
  • Irish: “Sandgate”
  • Italian: “Sandgate”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Sandgate”
  • Japanese: “サンドゲイト”
  • Kabyle: “Sandgate”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಗೇಟ್”
  • Kongo: “Sandgate”
  • Korean: “샌드게이트”
  • Ladin: “Sandgate”
  • Latvian: “Sandgate”
  • Ligurian: “Sandgate”
  • Limburgan: “Sandgate”
  • Lithuanian: “Sandgate”
  • Low German: “Sandgate”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sandgate”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Sandgate”
  • Malagasy: “Sandgate”
  • Malay: “Sandgate”
  • Minangkabau: “Sandgate”
  • Narom: “Sandgate”
  • Neapolitan: “Sandgate”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandgate”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandgate”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sandgate”
  • Papiamento: “Sandgate”
  • Persian: “سندگیت، کنت”
  • Picard: “Sandgate”
  • Piemontese: “Sandgate”
  • Polish: “Sandgate”
  • Portuguese: “Sandgate”
  • Prussian: “Sandgate”
  • Romagnol: “Sandgate”
  • Romanian: “Sandgate”
  • Romansh: “Sandgate”
  • Russian: “Сандгейт”
  • Sardinian: “Sandgate”
  • Scots: “Sandgate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sandgate”
  • Serbian: “Sandgate”
  • Sicilian: “Sandgate”
  • Slovak: “Sandgate”
  • Spanish: “Sandgate”
  • Swahili: “Sandgate”
  • Swedish: “Sandgate, Kent”
  • Swedish: “Sandgate”
  • Swiss German: “Sandgate”
  • Tamil: “சண்டகேட்”
  • Telugu: “స్యాండ్ గేట్”
  • Turkish: “Sandgate”
  • Urdu: “ساندجاتی”
  • Venetian: “Sandgate”
  • Vietnamese: “Sandgate”
  • Vlaams: “Sandgate”
  • Volapük: “Sandgate”
  • Walloon: “Sandgate”
  • Welsh: “Sandgate, Caint”
  • Welsh: “Sandgate”
  • Wolof: “Sandgate”
  • Zulu: “Sandgate”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandgate Library & Parish Council and Sandgate Castle 1539.

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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 “Sandgate”. Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.