Milestone Close
Milestone Close is a bus stop in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. Milestone Close is situated nearby to the grassland Papworth Close Lawn, as well as near the community center Grace Taylor Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Folkestone West railway station and Folkestone Castle.
Folkestone West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
Folkestone West railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the western area of Folkestone, Kent. It is 69 miles 22 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. Folkestone West railway station is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Milestone Close.
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. Folkestone Castle is situated 2,500 feet north of Milestone Close.
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. Folkestone Central railway station is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Milestone Close.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheriton and Sandgate.
Cheriton
Suburb
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone, in the Folkestone and Hythe, in the county of Kent, England. It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.
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.
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. Hawkinge is situated 1½ miles north of Milestone Close.
Milestone Close
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.09197° or 51° 5′ 31″ northLongitude
1.15955° or 1° 9′ 34″ eastOpen location code
9F3335R5+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 502552608OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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Highlights include Papworth Close Lawn and Grace Taylor Hall.
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