Richborough

Richborough is a settlement north of on the east coast of the county of , England. Richborough lies close to the . The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.
Wikipedia
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Richborough, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Richborough Castle and Sandwich railway station.

Photo: Midnightblueowl, Public domain.
is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near , . Substantial remains of the massive fort walls still stand to a height of several metres.

Railway station
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serves in , . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8+1⁄4 miles south of on the Kent Coast Line. is situated 2 miles southeast of Richborough.

Church
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of , , 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ebbsfleet and Isle of Thanet.

Village
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is a hamlet near , , at the head of . Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the , marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Richborough.

Locality
Photo: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Public domain.
Kent is the most south-easterly county of . It is popularly known as the "Garden of England" and its coastal areas are popular with visitors. is situated 2 miles north of Richborough.

Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet immediately adjacent to in East , England. is situated 2 miles southwest of Richborough.

Richborough

Latitude
51.29547° or 51° 17′ 44″ north
Longitude
1.32524° or 1° 19′ 31″ east
Open location code
9F3378WG+53
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9827276975
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2607619
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Richborough” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Richborough”
  • Breton: “Richborough”
  • Chinese: “里奇伯勒”
  • Czech: “Richborough”
  • Dutch: “Richborough”
  • French: “Richborough”
  • German: “Richborough”
  • Indonesian: “Richborough”
  • Irish: “Richborough”
  • Italian: “Richborough”
  • Japanese: “リッチバラ”
  • Latin: “Ritupis Portus”
  • Latin: “Rutupae,”
  • Latin: “Rutupi”
  • Latin: “Rutupiae”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Richborough”
  • Norwegian: “Richborough”
  • Persian: “ریچبورو”
  • Polish: “Richborough”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Richborough”
  • Slovak: “Richborough”
  • Spanish: “Richborough”
  • Welsh: “Richborough”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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