Foord
Foord is a suburb in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. Foord is situated nearby to the suburb East Cliff, as well as near Lynwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Folkestone Viaduct and Folkestone Central railway station.
Folkestone Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Folkestone Central railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, and is the main station serving the town of Folkestone, Kent. It is 69 miles 73 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. All trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
Royal Victoria Hospital
Hospital
Photo: John Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, is a community hospital located on the edge of Radnor Park in Folkestone, Kent, in England. It is managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel-le-Ferne and Sandgate.
Capel-le-Ferne
Village
Capel-le-Ferne is a village and civil parish on the White Cliffs of Dover, near Folkestone in the Dover district, in Kent, England. Its name derives from a medieval French term meaning "chapel in the ferns". Capel-le-Ferne is situated 1½ miles northeast of Foord.
Sandgate
Village
Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.
Sandgate is a village in the Folkestone and Hythe Urban Area in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. It had a population of 4,225 at the 2001 census. Sandgate is situated 1½ miles southwest of Foord.
Old Hawkinge
Village
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill. Old Hawkinge is situated 2 miles north of Foord.
Foord
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08679° or 51° 5′ 12″ northLongitude
1.18202° or 1° 10′ 55″ eastElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
9F3335PJ+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 1116823818OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13270556
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