Etchinghill
Etchinghill is a village in Kent, England, about 5 km north of Hythe, and 1 km north of the Channel Tunnel terminal at Cheriton, near Folkestone. It is in the civil parish of Lyminge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Etchinghill, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tolsford Hill and Tolsford Hill BT Tower.
Tolsford Hill BT Tower
Tower
Photo: GkgAlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tolsford Hill BT Tower is a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at Tolsford Hill on the North Downs near Folkestone, Kent. Tolsford Hill BT Tower is one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete and is 67.36 metres high.
Saltwood Castle
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Saltwood Castle is a castle in Saltwood village, one mile north of Hythe, Kent, England. Of 11th century origin, the castle was expanded in the 13th and 14th centuries. Saltwood Castle is situated 2 miles south of Etchinghill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbarn and Lyminge.
Newbarn
Hamlet
Newbarn is a hamlet around a crossroads northwest of Etchinghill in Kent, England. Etchinghill Golf Club is on the road between the two. Tolsford Hill BT Tower can clearly be seen on Tolsford Hill to the south. It is in the civil parish of Postling.
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.
Postling
Village
Photo: Julian P Guffogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Postling is a village and civil parish situated near the Roman road of Stone Street, about 17 miles south of Canterbury, Kent, in South East England. Postlinges is the spelling used in the Domesday Book, where it was part of the lands of Hugo de Montfort; Postlinge is also seen in old records.
Etchinghill
- Category: locality
- Location: Lyminge, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.11327° or 51° 6′ 48″ northLongitude
1.09379° or 1° 5′ 38″ eastElevation
374 feet (114 metres)Open location code
9F33437V+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 29175365OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Etchinghill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Etchinghill, Kent”
- French: “Etchinghill”
- Irish: “Etchinghill”
- Polish: “Etchinghill (Kent)”
- Polish: “Etchinghill”
- Spanish: “Etchinghill”
- Swedish: “Etchinghill”
- Welsh: “Etchinghill, Caint”
- Welsh: “Etchinghill”
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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 “Etchinghill”. Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.