Fan Bay
Fan Bay is a bay in England, United Kingdom. Fan Bay is situated nearby to the locality Swingate, as well as near St Margaret’s Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fan Bay Deep Shelter and South Foreland Upper Lighthouse.
Fan Bay Deep Shelter
Photo: Inklin235, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fan Bay Deep Shelter is a series of tunnels constructed during World War II as accommodation for Fan Bay Battery artillery battery, 23 metres down in the White Cliffs of Dover at Fan Bay near the Port of Dover.
South Foreland Lower Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The South Foreland Lighthouses are a pair of Victorian lighthouses on the South Foreland in St. Margaret's Bay, Dover, Kent, England, used to warn ships approaching the nearby Goodwin Sands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Cliffe and St Margaret’s at Cliffe.
West Cliffe
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Cliffe or Westcliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St. Margaret's At Cliffe, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England, near Dover. In 1931 the parish had a population of 88.
St Margaret’s at Cliffe
Village
Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's at Cliffe is a three-part village situated just off the coast road between Deal and Dover in Kent, England. The centre of the village is about ¾ mile from the sea, with the residential area of Nelson Park further inland, and St Margaret's Bay situated along and below the cliffs north of South Foreland. St Margaret’s at Cliffe is situated 1½ miles north of Fan Bay.
Dover
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dover is a major port town in East Kent, facing into the English Channel. At just 21 mi from the French port of Calais, it is the closest port to continental Europe on mainland Britain.
Fan Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.13337° or 51° 8′ 0″ northLongitude
1.36007° or 1° 21′ 36″ eastOpen location code
9F3349M6+82GeoNames ID
11153493
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