Dungeness
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: headland in Kent
- Also known as: “Dungeness, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dungeness Lighthouse and Dungeness Old Lighthouse.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lydd-on-Sea and Lade.
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.
Greatstone-on-Sea
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Russon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greatstone is a village on the coast of Romney Marsh in Kent, England. It is east of the town of New Romney and split between the civil parishes of New Romney and Lydd. Greatstone-on-Sea is situated 4 miles north of Dungeness.
Dungeness
- Categories: headland and locality
- Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.91418° or 50° 54′ 51″ northLongitude
0.97289° or 0° 58′ 22″ eastElevation
20 feet (6 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DSSOpen location code
9F22WX7F+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 28257623OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9612894Wikidata ID
Q911577
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Dungeness” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dungeness lurmuturra”
- Chinese: “邓杰内斯”
- Chinese: “邓杰内斯角”
- Chinese: “鄧傑內斯角”
- Czech: “Dungeness”
- Dutch: “Dungeness”
- Finnish: “Dungeness”
- French: “cap Dungeness”
- French: “Dungeness headland”
- French: “Dungeness”
- German: “Dungeness”
- Hungarian: “Dungeness-fok”
- Japanese: “ダンジネス”
- Japanese: “ダンジネス岬”
- Korean: “던지네스”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dungeness”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dungeness”
- Norwegian: “Dungeness”
- Persian: “دانجنس”
- Polish: “Dungeness”
- Portuguese: “Dungeness”
- Spanish: “Cabo Dungeness”
- Swedish: “Dungeness (udde)”
- Swedish: “Dungeness”
- Welsh: “Dungeness”
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