Westgate-on-Sea Recreation Ground

Westgate-on-Sea Recreation Ground is a memorial in England, United Kingdom. Westgate-on-Sea Recreation Ground is situated nearby to the pitch Lymington Recreation Skateboard Area, as well as near the playground Lymington Rec Play Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Westgate-on-Sea railway station and Carlton Cinema.

Westgate-on-Sea railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westgate-on-Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. It is 72 miles 35 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Birchington-on-Sea and Margate. Westgate-on-Sea railway station is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Westgate-on-Sea Recreation Ground.

Carlton Cinema

Movie theater

Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Carlton Cinema, in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England dates from 1910. The extension of the railway into East Kent in 1871 led to the creation of a number of seaside resorts along the Kent coast to the west of Margate. Carlton Cinema is situated 1,900 feet north of Westgate-on-Sea Recreation Ground.

Church of St Saviour

Church

Photo: Grevillelodge, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church of St Saviour is situated 2,000 feet north of Westgate-on-Sea Recreation Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westgate-on-Sea and Garlinge.

Westgate-on-Sea

Town

Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westgate-on-Sea is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of Kent, England. It is within the Thanet local government district and borders the larger seaside resort of Margate.

Garlinge

Suburb

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Garlinge is a village and suburb of Margate, in the Thanet district, in Kent, England, situated 2 miles southwest of the centre of the town.

Birchington

Town

Photo: John Goodall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birchington is a village and civil parish in the Thanet district of Kent, England. It had a population of 10,394 at the 2021 census. Although the village's railway station is called Birchington-on-Sea, the village's name is actually Birchington.

Westgate-on-Sea Recreation Ground

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “These 4 1/2 acres of land were purchased by public subscription in 1920 to be a recreation ground for the young as a permanent memorial to the men of Westgate-on-Sea who died in the Great War 1914 - 1918.”
Category: historic site
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.37689° or 51° 22′ 37″ north

Longitude

1.33496° or 1° 20′ 6″ east

Inception

2018

Open location code

9F3398GM+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8364416013

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lymington Recreation Skateboard Area and Lymington Rec Play Area.

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