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Herne Bay railway station

Herne Bay railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Herne Bay, Kent. It is 62 miles 58 chains down the line from and is situated between and .
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Photo: Simply south, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Herne Bay, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK, opened 1863
  • Also known as: “Herne Bay Railway Station”, “Herne Bay Station”, and “HNB”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clock Tower and Herne Bay Museum and Gallery.

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , Herne Bay, is a Grade II listed landmark in Herne Bay, Kent, England. It is believed to be one of the earliest purpose-built, free-standing clock towers in the United Kingdom. is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Herne Bay railway station.

Museum
Photo: Storye book, CC BY 3.0.
The Seaside Museum Herne Bay is a local museum in Herne Bay, , . It was established in 1932, and is notable for being a seaside tourist attraction featuring local archaeological and social history, for featuring the history of the town as a tourist resort, for its local art exhibitions and for its World War II bouncing bomb. is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Herne Bay railway station.

School
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mixed ability Academy, with designated Sports College status, situated in Herne Bay, Kent, . There are 1506 students in the school aged 11 to 18. is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Herne Bay railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenhill and Eddington.

Suburb
is an outlying suburb of the coastal town of Herne Bay, in in southeast . The erstwhile Thanet Way, now renumbered as the A2990 road, separates from Herne Bay.

Suburb
Photo: Storye book, CC BY 3.0.
was a village in , to the south-east of Herne Bay, to the west of and to the north of . It is now a suburb of Herne Bay, in and Ward, one of the five wards of Herne Bay.

Suburb
Hampton-on-Sea is a drowned and abandoned village in what is now the area of Herne Bay, Kent. It grew from a tiny fishing hamlet in 1864 at the hands of an oyster fishery company, was developed from 1879 by land agents, abandoned in 1916 and finally drowned due to coastal erosion by 1921.

Herne Bay railway station

Latitude
51.36444° or 51° 21′ 52″ north
Longitude
1.11831° or 1° 7′ 6″ east
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Operator
Southeastern
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“HNB”
Open location code
9F339479+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6743987558
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6945250
Wiki­data ID
Q2294609
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Korean—“Herne Bay railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Herne Bay”
  • Dutch: “Station Herne Bay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة هيرن باى”
  • French: “gare de Herne Bay”
  • French: “Herne Bay”
  • Korean: “헌 베이 철도역”

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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 “Herne Bay railway station”. Photo: Simply south, CC BY-SA 3.0.