Sandgate Castle
Sandgate Castle 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Paul and Spade House.
Church of St Paul
Church
Photo: Mutzy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Paul is situated 390 feet northeast of Sandgate Castle.
Spade House
Social service facility
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Spade House, is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near Folkestone, 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. Spade House is situated 930 feet northeast of Sandgate Castle.
Ship Inn
Pub
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ship Inn is a pub, which is situated 810 feet west of Sandgate Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandgate and Seabrook.
Sandgate
Village
Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.
Sandgate is a village in the Folkestone and Hythe Urban Area in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. It had a population of 4,225 at the 2001 census.
Seabrook
Village
Seabrook is a small coastal village in Hythe civil parish, Folkestone and Hythe District, Kent, England. The village lies in between Sandgate and Hythe.
Cheriton
Suburb
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone, in the Folkestone and Hythe, in the county of Kent, England. It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.
Sandgate Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed Device Fort in Sandgate, Kent, England, UK
- Categories: castle, fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.07353° or 51° 4′ 25″ northLongitude
1.14881° or 1° 8′ 56″ eastElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Inception
1539Open location code
9F3334FX+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 93648604OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sandgate Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandgate Castle”
- Danish: “Sandgate Castle”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Sandgate”
- Dutch: “Sandgate Castle”
- German: “Sandgate Castle”
- Swedish: “Sandgate Castle”
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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 Castle”. Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.