David Railton
David Railton is a memorial in Thanet District, Kent, England. David Railton is situated nearby to GRASS Community Garden, as well as near the community center Cliftonville Community Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Paul and Shell Grotto.
Church of St Paul
Church
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Paul is situated 480 feet southwest of David Railton.
Shell Grotto
Photo: Gernot Keller, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Shell Grotto, sometimes called the Shell Temple, is an ornate underground shell grotto in the seaside town of Margate, Kent, England. The grotto, which has a passageway and main room, was dug out from chalk, a soft limestone common in the region. Shell Grotto is situated 1,500 feet southwest of David Railton.
St Stephen’s Methodist Church
Church
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Stephen’s Methodist Church is situated 720 feet west of David Railton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cliftonville and Margate.
Cliftonville
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cliftonville is a coastal area of Margate in the Thanet district of Kent, England. It includes the Palm Bay estate, built in the 1930s with wide avenues and detached and semi-detached houses with driveways, garages and gardens.
Margate
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Margate is a seaside resort on the north Kent coast, with a population in 2021 of more than 64,000. It's suffered the usual decline of English seaside towns but its beach is still thronged on warm summer weekends, and there are several places of interest for cold wet days.
Palm Bay
Quarter
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Palm Bay is an area of Cliftonville, a suburb of Margate in Kent, England. The area is predominantly housing, but also has recreational land for the general public.
David Railton
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The Revd. David Railton, 1884‒1955, who originated the idea of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, lived here”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.38987° or 51° 23′ 24″ northLongitude
1.39526° or 1° 23′ 43″ eastOpen location code
9F3399QW+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13908320559OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include GRASS Community Garden and Cliftonville Community Centre.
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