Manston

Manston is a village and civil parish in the Thanet district of , England. The village is situated 1.5 miles northwest of . The parish includes four hamlets and the former .
Wikipedia
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Village with 1,980 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Kent, UK
  • Also known as: “Manston, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kent International Airport and Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
Manston Airport is a closed international airport in the UK. Originally operated as , from 1916, it has also operated as a commercial airport and was known as and, briefly, London Manston Airport.

Museum
Photo: Julian P Guffogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ruins
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a former pub and road junction near on the in . Two main roads, the A299 and A256 meet here and connect Thanet to the rest of the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newington and Westwood.

Suburb
is a suburb in the west of the town of , on the eastern tip of , England.

Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and retail estate in Thanet district of , England, and 1.9 miles south of .

Suburb
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Manston.

Manston

Latitude
51.346° or 51° 20′ 46″ north
Longitude
1.36968° or 1° 22′ 11″ east
Population
1,980
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
IATA airport code
MSE
United Nations Location Code
GB MSE
Open location code
9F3389W9+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29077486
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2643094
Wiki­data ID
Q2779399
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Satellite Map

Discover Manston from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Manston” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Manston”
  • Czech: “Manston”
  • Dutch: “Manston”
  • French: “Manston”
  • German: “Manston”
  • Irish: “Manston”
  • Italian: “Manston (Kent)”
  • Italian: “Manston”
  • Japanese: “マンストン”
  • Ladin: “Manston (Kent)”
  • Ladin: “Manston”
  • Persian: “منستون، کنت”
  • Polish: “Manston”
  • Spanish: “Manston”
  • Swedish: “Manston, Kent”
  • Swedish: “Manston”
  • Turkish: “Manston, Kent”
  • Welsh: “Manston, Caint”
  • Welsh: “Manston”
  • “Manston”

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