Monks Horton
Monks Horton is a small civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. It is located 3 miles north of Hythe. Within the civil parish are the hamlets of Horton and Broad Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 110 residents
- Description: civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Monks Horton (civil parish), Kent” and “Monks Horton, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Westenhanger railway station.
Westenhanger railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westenhanger railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the villages of Westenhanger and Stanford, and was near the now-closed Folkestone Racecourse, in Kent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lyminge and Sellindge.
Lyminge
Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyminge is a village and civil parish in southeast Kent, England. It lies about five miles from Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel, on the road passing through the Elham Valley. Lyminge is situated 2½ miles east of Monks Horton.
Sellindge
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sellindge is a civil parish and village on the A20 road between Ashford and Folkestone in Kent, South East England. Sellindge is part of North Downs West Ward of Folkestone and Hythe District Council but part of the Elham ward of Kent County Council. Sellindge is situated 2 miles southwest of Monks Horton.
Stanford
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanford is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. It is part of the Folkestone and Hythe district. The village developed along the ancient Roman Stone Street and was divided by the construction of the M20 motorway into Stanford North and Stanford South.
Monks Horton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1244° or 51° 7′ 28″ northLongitude
1.0334° or 1° 2′ 0″ eastPopulation
110Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)Open location code
9F3342FM+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2021926525OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7293789Wikidata ID
Q6900940
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Monks Horton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Monks Horton”
- French: “Monks Horton”
- Irish: “Monks Horton”
- Polish: “Monks Horton”
- Spanish: “Monks Horton”
- Swedish: “Monks Horton”
- Turkish: “Monks Horton”
- “Monks Horton”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Broad Street and Stowting.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Peter, Monks Horton and Cobbs Hill.
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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 “Monks Horton”. Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.