Borstal
Borstal is a location in the Medway unitary authority of Kent in South East England. Originally a village near Rochester, it has become absorbed by the expansion of that town. The youth prison at Borstal gave its name to the Borstal reform school system.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in the unitary authority of Medway, Kent, England
- Also known as: “Borstal, Kent” and “Borstal, Rochester”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Matthew’s and Fort Borstal.
Fort Borstal
Fort
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Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour. Construction started in 1875 but was suspended in 1885.
Cineworld Cinema Rochester
Movie theater
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cineworld Cinema Rochester is a movie theater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rochester and Rochester Riverside.
Rochester
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochester is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Chatham and Gillingham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Rochester Riverside
Locality
Rochester Riverside is a large-scale urban regeneration district located on a 74-acre brownfield site between the River Medway and the railway line in Rochester, Kent, England.
Strood
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Borstal
- Category: locality
- Location: Cuxton, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.37441° or 51° 22′ 28″ northLongitude
0.48547° or 0° 29′ 8″ eastElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
9F329FFP+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 26752058OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Borstal” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Borstal”
- French: “Borstal”
- Irish: “Borstal”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Borstal Baptist Church and Borstal Village Hall.
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