Dungeness railway station
Dungeness railway station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway on Romney Marsh in Kent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Dungeness”, “Dungeness Railway Station”, and “Dungeness Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dungeness Old Lighthouse and Dungeness Lighthouse.
Dungeness Old Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dungeness Old Lighthouse is situated 340 feet southwest of Dungeness railway station.
Dungeness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dungeness Lighthouse on the Dungeness Headland started operation on 20 November 1961. Its construction was prompted by the building of Dungeness nuclear power station, which obscured the light of its predecessor which, though decommissioned, remains standing. Dungeness Lighthouse is situated 1,300 feet east of Dungeness railway station.
Prospect Cottage
House
Photo: Jasper33, Public domain.
Prospect Cottage is a house on the coast in Dungeness, Kent. Originally a Victorian fisherman's hut, the house was purchased by director and artist Derek Jarman in 1987, and was his home until his death in 1994. Prospect Cottage is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Dungeness railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dungeness and Lydd-on-Sea.
Dungeness
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh.
Lydd-on-Sea
Village
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.
Lade
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent. Lade is situated 2½ miles north of Dungeness railway station.
Dungeness railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.91449° or 50° 54′ 52″ northLongitude
0.97059° or 0° 58′ 14″ eastElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9F22WX7C+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 29673620OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6955234Wikidata ID
Q5315117
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Dungeness railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Dungeness”
- Finnish: “Dungenessin rautatieasema”
- French: “Dungeness (RHDR)”
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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 “Dungeness railway station”. Photo: Bluebellnutter, CC BY 3.0.