Stone Castle

Stone Castle is a castle at Stone, near Western Quarry in Kent, England. It was built between 1135 and 1140 on the site where William the Conqueror signed a treaty with the men of Kent in 1067.

Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Greenhithe for Bluewater Railway Station and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

Greenhithe for Bluewater Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greenhithe railway station serves the village of Greenhithe in north Kent and Bluewater Shopping Centre. It is 19 miles 69 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. All services are operated by Southeastern and Thameslink. Greenhithe for Bluewater Railway Station is situated 2,700 feet north of Stone Castle.

Bluewater Shopping Centre

Commercial area

Photo: Badudoy, CC BY 3.0.

Bluewater Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre, located just outside Dartford, Kent, and accessible from the M25 motorway and A2. Opened on 16 March 1999 in a former chalk quarry after ten years of building works, the site occupies 240 acres and has a sales floor area of 154,000 m2 over three levels, making it the fifth-largest shopping centre in the UK. Bluewater Shopping Centre is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Stone Castle.

Stone Crossing railway station

Railway station

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone Crossing railway station is located on the North Kent line, north-east of the village of Stone and east of Dartford. It was originally named Stone Crossing Halt. Stone Crossing railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Stone Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenhithe and Ebbsfleet Valley.

Greenhithe

Village

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Greenhithe is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is located 4 miles east of Dartford and 5 miles west of Gravesend.

Ebbsfleet Valley

Town

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dartford is a commuter town for Greater London in Kent, with a long history of religious, industrial and cultural importance town.

Swanscombe

Village

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swanscombe is a town in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is 4.4 miles west of Gravesend and 4.8 miles east of Dartford. It had a population of 6300.

Stone Castle

Type: Castle
Description: castle in Kent, England, UK
Categories: English country house, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Stone, Dartford District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.44329° or 51° 26′ 36″ north

Longitude

0.27788° or 0° 16′ 40″ east

Elevation

115 feet (35 metres)

Open location code

9F32C7VH+85

GeoNames ID

6286431

Wikidata ID

Q7618887

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Stone Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Stone Castle”
Danish: “Stone Castle”
German: “Stone Castle”
Portuguese: “Castelo de Stone”
Swedish: “Stone Castle”
Turkish: “Stone Kalesi”

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