Hougham

Hougham is a locality in Hougham Without, Dover District, England. Hougham is situated nearby to the hamlet Wolverton, as well as near the village Alkham.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Lawrence and Nemo Down.

Nemo Down

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nemo Down is a 21-hectare nature reserve on the western outskirts of Dover in Kent. It was shown as owned and managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust until 2018.

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. Samphire Hoe is situated 1½ miles southeast of Hougham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alkham and Ewell Minnis.

Alkham

Village

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alkham is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of Kent, England, about five miles west of Dover. Within the parish are the settlements of Chalksole and Ewell Minnis; the parish population was 691 people, reducing slightly to 688 at the 2011 Census.

Ewell Minnis

Hamlet

Ewell Minnis is a village near Dover in Kent, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Alkham. See Stelling Minnis for information on the origin of the word Minnis. Ewell Minnis is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hougham.

Kearsney

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 2 miles northeast of Hougham.

Hougham

Type: Locality
Location: Hougham Without, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.12432° or 51° 7′ 28″ north

Longitude

1.24759° or 1° 14′ 51″ east

Elevation

394 feet (120 metres)

Open location code

9F3346FX+P2

GeoNames ID

2646534

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