Highstead
Highstead is a village near Chislet, off the A299 road, in the Canterbury District, in the English county of Kent. It is near the town of Herne Bay. Highstead is known for its iron-age pottery findings.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Kent, England
- Also known as: “Highstead, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reculver and Maypole.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reculver
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reculver, is an Anglican church on Reculver Lane in the village of Hillborough, in the parish of Reculver, in north-eastern Kent, England.
Maypole
Aerodrome
Maypole Airfield was a general aviation airfield located 2.5 miles south of Herne Bay, Kent and 5.2 miles north east of Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. It was scheduled to close in January 2021, and is closed as of May 2021.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boyden Gate and Hawthorn Corner.
Boyden Gate
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boyden Gate is a village in the civil parish of Chislet in Kent, England.
Hawthorn Corner
Hamlet
Hawthorn Corner is a hamlet near Herne Bay in Kent, England. It is part of the Herne and Broomfield civil parish and consists of a few houses and a sewage works sandwiched between the Thanet Way and the railway to Ramsgate.
Marshside
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marshside is a hamlet in the county of Kent, England. It is in the parish of Chislet alongside the Chislet Marshes southeast of Herne Bay.
Highstead
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Chislet, City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.35132° or 51° 21′ 5″ northLongitude
1.17745° or 1° 10′ 39″ eastElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9F33952G+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 29038274OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Highstead” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Highstead”
- Dutch: “Highstead”
- French: “Highstead”
- Irish: “Highstead”
- Polish: “Highstead”
- Welsh: “Highstead”
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Highlights include Highstead Farmhouse and Dane Shave.
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