Birchington-on-Sea railway station
Birchington-on-Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Birchington-on-Sea, Kent. It is 70 miles 56 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Herne Bay and Westgate-on-Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Birchington-on-Sea, Thanet, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “BCH”, “Birchington-on-Sea Railway Station”, and “Birchington-on-Sea Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birchington Methodist Chapel and St Thomas.
Birchington Methodist Chapel
Church
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchington Methodist Chapel is a church, which is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Birchington-on-Sea railway station.
St Thomas
Church
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Thomas is a church, which is situated 2,600 feet west of Birchington-on-Sea railway station.
The Powell Arms Public House
Pub
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Powell Arms Public House is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Birchington-on-Sea railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchington and Westgate-on-Sea.
Birchington
Town
Photo: John Goodall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchington-on-Sea is a village in the Thanet district in Kent, England, with a population of 10,392. Note that the village's name is actually Birchington - 'Birchington-on-Sea' is the name of the railway station, not the whole village.
Westgate-on-Sea
Town
Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westgate-on-Sea is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of Kent, England. It is within the Thanet local government district and borders the larger seaside resort of Margate. Westgate-on-Sea is situated 1½ miles east of Birchington-on-Sea railway station.
Garlinge
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garlinge is a village and suburb of Margate, in the Thanet district, in Kent, England, situated 2 miles southwest of the centre of the town. Garlinge is situated 2½ miles east of Birchington-on-Sea railway station.
Birchington-on-Sea railway station
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Birchington, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.37742° or 51° 22′ 39″ northLongitude
1.30123° or 1° 18′ 4″ eastElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Operator
SoutheasternAbbreviation
“BCH”Open location code
9F3398G2+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 567140803OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Korean—“Birchington-on-Sea railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Birchington-on-Sea”
- Dutch: “Station Birchington-on-Sea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بيركينجتون اون سيا”
- French: “Birchington-on-Sea”
- French: “gare de Birchington-on-Sea”
- Korean: “버칭턴-온-시 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 “Birchington-on-Sea railway station”. Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.