Monkton
Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is located at the south-west edge of the Isle of Thanet and is situated mainly along the B2047 road, leading off the A253 road between Canterbury and Ramsgate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 611 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Kent
- Also known as: “Monkton, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Monkton and Monkton War Memorial.
Minster railway station
Railway station
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Minster railway station serves the village of Minster in Kent and surrounding villages. It is next to a junction between Canterbury West, Ramsgate and Sandwich. Minster railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Monkton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Nicholas-at-Wade and Plucks Gutter.
St Nicholas-at-Wade
Village
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St Nicholas-at-Wade is both a village and a civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The parish had a recorded population of 782 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 852 at the 2011 census. St Nicholas-at-Wade is situated 1½ miles northwest of Monkton.
Plucks Gutter
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plucks Gutter is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stourmouth, Kent, England. The hamlet is situated where the Little Stour and Great Stour rivers meet. Plucks Gutter is situated 1½ miles southwest of Monkton.
Minster-in-Thanet
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minster, also known as Minster-in-Thanet, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is the site of Minster in Thanet Priory. Minster-in-Thanet is situated 1½ miles east of Monkton.
Monkton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Monkton, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3389° or 51° 20′ 20″ northLongitude
1.28113° or 1° 16′ 52″ eastPopulation
611Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9F3387QJ+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 29216661OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642319Wikidata ID
Q1917280
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Monkton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Monkton (Kent)”
- Basque: “Monkton”
- Cebuano: “Monkton”
- Dutch: “Monkton”
- French: “Monkton”
- Irish: “Monkton”
- Italian: “Monkton (Kent)”
- Italian: “Monkton”
- Japanese: “マンクトン”
- Ladin: “Monkton (Kent)”
- Ladin: “Monkton”
- Persian: “مانکتون، کنت”
- Polish: “Monkton”
- Spanish: “Monkton”
- Swedish: “Monkton, Kent”
- Swedish: “Monkton”
- Turkish: “Monkton, Kent”
- Welsh: “Monkton, Caint”
- Welsh: “Monkton”
- “Monkton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monkton and Monkton Village Hall.
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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 “Monkton”. Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.