Kent
Dover District
Capel-le-Ferne

Capel-le-Ferne

Capel-le-Ferne is a village and civil parish on the White Cliffs of Dover, near in the district, in , England. Its name derives from a medieval French term meaning "chapel in the ferns".
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  • Type: Village with 1,660 residents
  • Description: village in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Capel le Ferne” and “Capel-le-Ferne, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Radigund and Battle of Britain Memorial.

Church
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Memorial
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The is a monument to aircrew who flew in the Battle of Britain. It is sited on the White Cliffs at Capel-le-Ferne, near , on the coast of .

Archaeological site
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, also referred to as the East Bay Site, is a villa built during the Roman Occupation of Britain, and is located in East Wear Bay near the port town of , in , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Hawkinge and Folkestone.

Village
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of , England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill.

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is a town on the coast, in the South East of . It is known for its artworks around the town and good beaches.

Village
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is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of , England. The original village of is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of was formed by the merging of and Uphill. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Capel-le-Ferne.

Capel-le-Ferne

Latitude
51.10216° or 51° 6′ 8″ north
Longitude
1.21169° or 1° 12′ 42″ east
Population
1,660
Elevation
499 feet (152 metres)
Open location code
9F334626+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2039201551
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
10376294
Wiki­data ID
Q1006783
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Capel-le-Ferne” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Dutch: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • French: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • German: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Irish: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Italian: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Ladin: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Persian: “کپل لو فرن”
  • Polish: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کپل لو فرن”
  • Spanish: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Swedish: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Turkish: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • Welsh: “Capel-le-Ferne”
  • “Capel-le-Ferne”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Capel-le-Ferne Primary School and The Wing.

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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 “Capel-le-Ferne”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.