Densole
Swingfield is a village and civil parish in the district of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent, England. The parish includes the settlements of Densole on the A260 towards Hawkinge, and Selsted.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 937 residents
- Description: village in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Densole, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kent Battle of Britain Museum and St Martin’s Church, Acrise.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Museum
Photo: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kent Battle of Britain Museum is an aviation museum located in Hawkinge, Kent, focused on the Allied and Axis men of the Battle of Britain. The Spirit of the Few Monument is in the grounds of the museum.
St Martin’s Church, Acrise
Church
Photo: Dave Godden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin's Church is an Anglican church in the village and parish of Acrise in Kent, England. The church dates back to the Norman era, and was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkinge and Paddlesworth.
Hawkinge
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill.
Paddlesworth
Hamlet
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Paddlesworth is a hamlet and parish located about 3 miles NNW of Folkestone in Kent, England, near Hawkinge. Paddlesworth was a sighting-point for the Anglo-French Survey linking the Royal Greenwich Observatory with the Paris Observatory, undertaken by General William Roy.
Old Hawkinge
Village
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill. Old Hawkinge is situated 1½ miles southeast of Densole.
Densole
- Category: locality
- Location: Swingfield, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.13027° or 51° 7′ 49″ northLongitude
1.15926° or 1° 9′ 33″ eastPopulation
937Elevation
505 feet (154 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DSOOpen location code
9F3345J5+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 29201437OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
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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 “Densole”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.