Eythorne railway station
Eythorne railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. Originally a station on the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 but closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948.- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Eythorne, the UK
- Also known as: “Eythorne Railway Station” and “Eythorne Station”
- Address: Shooters Hill, Eythorne
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eythorne Baptist Church and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Eythorne Baptist Church
Church
Eythorne Baptist Church originated in the meetings of early 16th century Baptists who had crossed the English Channel from the Low Countries to Kent to escape persecution. Eythorne Baptist Church is situated 620 feet southeast of Eythorne railway station.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 760 feet northwest of Eythorne railway station.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: KaleidoscopeMeg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 1 mile northwest of Eythorne railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eythorne and Elvington.
Eythorne
Village
Eythorne is a civil parish and small village located 7.3 miles north-northwest of Dover in Kent, with a combined population of approximately 2,500 residents including nearby villages Barfrestone and Elvington.
Elvington
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elvington is a small pit village on a ridge in between Canterbury and Dover in the county of Kent in Southeast England. Located near Eythorne, Elvington was mostly built in the early 20th century to serve the nearby coal mine at Tilmanstone, as were other Kent Coalfield villages including Snowdown, Aylesham and Betteshanger.
Waldershare
Locality
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waldershare is a village in the civil parish of Tilmanstone, in the Dover district, in Kent, England, near Dover. It has a church called All Saints Church.
Eythorne railway station
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, station, and transportation
- Location: Eythorne, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.19915° or 51° 11′ 57″ northLongitude
1.26384° or 1° 15′ 50″ eastElevation
200 feet (61 metres)Operator
East Kent RailwayNetwork
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Eythorne railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Eythorne”
- French: “Eythorne”
- Urdu: “آئی تھورن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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