Old Hawkinge
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Luke’s and Kent Battle of Britain Museum.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Museum
Photo: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kent Battle of Britain Museum is an aviation museum located in Hawkinge, Kent, focused on the Allied and Axis men of the Battle of Britain. The Spirit of the Few Monument is in the grounds of the museum.
Folkestone Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: GkgAlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Folkestone Castle stood on a spur of the North Downs to the north of the town of Folkestone, Kent. The Norman castle existed in the late 11th and 12th centuries and was built on a natural mound which.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkinge and Capel-le-Ferne.
Hawkinge
Village
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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.
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".
Densole
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swingfield is a village and civil parish in the district of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent, England. The parish includes the settlements of Densole on the A260 towards Hawkinge, and Selsted. Densole is situated 1½ miles northwest of Old Hawkinge.
Old Hawkinge
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Kent, United Kingdom
- Category: locality
- Location: Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.11487° or 51° 6′ 54″ northLongitude
1.18482° or 1° 11′ 5″ eastOpen location code
9F33457M+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 370365100OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q11797685
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Polish—“Old Hawkinge” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Old Hawkinge”
- Polish: “Old Hawkinge”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Palmer’s Hill and Creteway Down.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Hawkinge Common and St Michaels and all Angels.
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