Acol
Acol is a hamlet and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England, about 1.5 miles south of Birchington. It is one of the smallest communities in Kent, and over the years large parts of the parish have been transferred to other neighbouring communities.- Type: Village with 315 residents
- Description: hamlet and civil parish in Kent, England
- Also known as: “Acol, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Powell-Cotton Museum and Quex Park.
Powell-Cotton Museum
Museum
The Powell-Cotton Museum is situated in Quex Park in Birchington and houses the diverse personal collections of hunter and explorer Percy Powell-Cotton.
Quex Park
Park
Quex Park itself is 250 acres of parkland and gardens plus a further 1500 acres of farmed land, with Quex House and other buildings situated just south-east from Birchington-on-Sea near Margate in Kent, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchington and Minster-in-Thanet.
Birchington
Town
Birchington is a village and civil parish in the Thanet district of Kent, England. It had a population of 10,394 at the 2021 census. Although the village's railway station is called Birchington-on-Sea, the village's name is actually Birchington.
Minster-in-Thanet
Village
Minster, also known as Minster-in-Thanet, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is the site of Minster in Thanet Priory. Minster-in-Thanet is situated 1½ miles south of Acol.
Monkton
Village
Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is located at the south-west edge of the Isle of Thanet and is situated mainly along the B2047 road, leading off the A253 road between Canterbury and Ramsgate. Monkton is situated 2 miles southwest of Acol.
Acol
- Categories: hamlet, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Acol, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.35776° or 51° 21′ 28″ north
Longitude
1.31172° or 1° 18′ 42″ east
Population
315
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Open location code
9F339856+4M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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