Maxton
Maxton is an area in the west of Dover, in the county of Kent, England. Maxton also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 7,060 residents
- Description: suburb of Dover in Kent
- Also known as: “Maxton, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dover Priory railway station and Knights Templar Church.
Dover Priory railway station
Railway station
Dover Priory railway station is the southern terminus of the South Eastern Main Line. It is the main station serving the town of Dover, in Kent, England; the other is Kearsney, on the outskirts.
Knights Templar Church
Ruins
Photo: Gabirro, Public domain.
The Knights Templar Church in Dover is the ruins of a medieval church on Bredenstone hill, part of the Dover Western Heights in Kent, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a scheduled monument.
Astor Secondary School
School
Astor Secondary School is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Dover, Kent, England. It was established in 1948 and is part of The Samphire Star Education Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckland and Kearsney.
Buckland
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum.
Kearsney
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kearsney is a village in Kent, England. At one time it would have been called a hamlet, there being no church there. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Temple Ewell. Kearsney is situated 2½ miles northwest of Maxton.
Temple Ewell
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Temple Ewell is a civil parish and historic village in the county of Kent, England. The village is part of the Dover district of Kent, and forms part of the Dover urban area. Temple Ewell is situated 2½ miles north of Maxton.
Maxton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Dover, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.11925° or 51° 7′ 9″ northLongitude
1.29011° or 1° 17′ 24″ eastPopulation
7,060Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9F33479R+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 29432954OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11550761Wikidata ID
Q6796040
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Maxton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Maxton”
- French: “Maxton”
- Irish: “Maxton”
- Polish: “Maxton (Kent)”
- Polish: “Maxton”
- Welsh: “Maxton, Caint”
- Welsh: “Maxton”
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