Gadshill
Gadshill is a locality in Higham, Borough of Gravesham, England. Gadshill is situated nearby to the village Higham, as well as near Shorne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gads Hill Place and Gad’s Hill School.
Gads Hill Place
Manor estate
Photo: Jack1956, Public domain.
Gad's Hill Place in Higham, Kent, sometimes spelt Gadshill Place and Gads Hill Place, was the country home of Charles Dickens. Today the building is the independent Gad's Hill School.
Gad’s Hill School
School
Photo: Jack1956, Public domain.
Gad's Hill School in Higham, Kent, England, is an independent school for day pupils, founded in 1924. It is set in the former Gads Hill Place, the country home of Charles Dickens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strood and Wainscott.
Strood
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Wainscott
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wainscott is a small village in Rochester, in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra, in the Medway Unitary Authority, that is Medway Council. Wainscott is situated 2 miles east of Gadshill.
Thong
Hamlet
Thong is a hamlet southeast of Gravesend in Kent, England. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Shorne. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names and appeared as a question answer for Round Britain Quiz on BBC Radio 4. Thong is situated 2½ miles west of Gadshill.
Gadshill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Higham, Borough of Gravesham, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.40969° or 51° 24′ 35″ northLongitude
0.46011° or 0° 27′ 36″ eastElevation
230 feet (70 metres)Open location code
9F32CF56+V2GeoNames ID
13280975
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