Richborough Sluice

Places of Interest

Richborough Castle

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Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. Substantial remains of the massive fort walls still stand to a height of several metres.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Sandwich, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Sandwich railway station

Railway station

Photo: Edward, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sandwich railway station serves Sandwich in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8+1⁄4 miles south of Ramsgate on the Kent Coast Line. Sandwich railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Richborough Sluice.

Places in the Area

Richborough

Village

Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Richborough is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Richborough lies close to the Isle of Thanet. The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.

Ebbsfleet

Village

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ebbsfleet is a hamlet near Ramsgate, Kent, at the head of Pegwell Bay. Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the Isle of Thanet, marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland.

Isle of Thanet

Locality

Photo: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Public domain.

Kent is the most south-easterly county of England. It is popularly known as the "Garden of England" and its coastal areas are popular with visitors. Isle of Thanet is situated 2 miles north of Richborough Sluice.

Richborough Sluice

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