Asylum
Asylum is a building in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. Asylum is situated nearby to the sports venue Small Arms Indoor Range, as well as near the grassland Craufurd Green.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shorncliffe Redoubt and Shorncliffe Military Cemetery.
Shorncliffe Redoubt
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Shorncliffe Redoubt is a British Napoleonic earthwork fort. The site is approximately 300 feet by 300 feet and is situated on the Kentish Coast in Sandgate, Kent. Shorncliffe Redoubt is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Asylum.
Shorncliffe Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Sandgate Castle
Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.
Sandgate Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Sandgate in Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect England against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended a vulnerable point along the coast. Sandgate Castle is situated 1 mile southeast of Asylum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandgate and Seabrook.
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.
Seabrook
Village
Seabrook is a coastal village in the civil parish of Hythe, in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England, lying on the coast of the English Channel between Sandgate and Hythe.
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.
Asylum
- Type: Building
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.08009° or 51° 4′ 48″ northLongitude
1.13305° or 1° 7′ 59″ eastOpen location code
9F3334JM+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 1254374785OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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