Westenhanger Castle
Westenhanger Castle is a fortified manor house once owned by royalty, located next to Westenhanger railway station and the grandstand of Folkestone Racecourse in Kent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Shepway, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Westenhanger Manor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westenhanger railway station and Lympne Castle.
Westenhanger railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westenhanger railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the villages of Westenhanger and Stanford, and was near the now-closed Folkestone Racecourse, in Kent. Westenhanger railway station is situated 1,700 feet east of Westenhanger Castle.
Lympne Castle
Garden
Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lympne Castle is a medieval castle in England that is located in the village of Lympne in Kent, above Romney Marsh. It is 18,862 square feet in size and is a Grade I listed property, described as a fortified manor house. Lympne Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Westenhanger Castle.
Sandling Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandling railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of Sandling and the market town of Hythe, Kent. It is 65 miles 36 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. Sandling Railway Station is situated 1½ miles east of Westenhanger Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westenhanger and Stanford.
Westenhanger
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanford is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. It is part of the Folkestone and Hythe district. The village developed along the ancient Roman Stone Street and was divided by the construction of the M20 motorway into Stanford North and Stanford South.
Stanford
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanford is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. It is part of the Folkestone and Hythe district. The village developed along the ancient Roman Stone Street and was divided by the construction of the M20 motorway into Stanford North and Stanford South.
Newingreen
Village
Newingreen is a village near Folkestone in Kent, England. It is situated on the junction of the A20 and the historic Stone Street between Lympne and Canterbury. The village is near Junction 11 of the M20. It is in the civil parish of Stanford.
Westenhanger Castle
- Categories: historic house museum, quadrangular castle, manor house, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stanford, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Westenhanger Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Westenhanger Castle”
- Danish: “Westenhanger Castle”
- French: “château de Westenhanger”
- French: “Château de Westenhanger”
- German: “Westenhanger Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Westenhanger”
- Swedish: “Westenhanger Castle”
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