Asylum

Asylum is a building in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. Asylum is situated nearby to the recreation area Le Quesne Recreation Ground, as well as near the sports venue Small Arms Indoor Range.

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

Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.

Shorncliffe Military Cemetery is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Asylum.

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

51.07988° or 51° 4′ 48″ north

Longitude

1.1331° or 1° 7′ 59″ east

Open location code

9F3334HM+X6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1254374786

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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