Kent
Thanet District
Acol

Acol

Acol is a hamlet and civil parish in the Thanet District of , 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.
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  • 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.

Museum
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The is situated in in and houses the diverse personal collections of hunter and explorer Percy Powell-Cotton.

Park
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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 near in , England.

Church
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birchington and Minster-in-Thanet.

Town
Photo: John Goodall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchington-on-Sea is a in the Thanet district in , England, with a population of 10,392. Note that the village's name is actually - 'Birchington-on-Sea' is the name of the railway station, not the whole village.

Village
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Minster, also known as , is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of , England. It is the site of . is situated 1½ miles south of Acol.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of , England. The village is located at the south-west edge of the and is situated mainly along the B2047 road, leading off the A253 road between and . is situated 2 miles southwest of Acol.

Acol

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
node 27300417
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12264676
Wiki­data ID
Q2404354
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Acol” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Acol”
  • Czech: “Acol”
  • Dutch: “Acol”
  • French: “Acol”
  • Irish: “Acol”
  • Italian: “Acol”
  • Japanese: “エイコル”
  • Ladin: “Acol”
  • Polish: “Acol”
  • Romanian: “Acol, Kent”
  • Spanish: “Acol”
  • Swedish: “Acol”
  • Turkish: “Acol, Kent”
  • Turkish: “Acol”
  • “Acol”

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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 “Acol”. Photo: david mills, CC BY-SA 2.0.