U92B Switchgear Control Building
U92B Switchgear Control Building is an industrial building in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. U92B Switchgear Control Building is situated nearby to the electrical substation Folkestone Converter Station, as well as near the ruins Bronze Age Bowl Barrow and World War 2 Pill Box.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Folkestone Castle and Folkestone West railway station.
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 2,800 feet east of U92B Switchgear Control Building.
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 1 mile south of U92B Switchgear Control Building.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Museum
Photo: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kent Battle of Britain Museum is an aviation museum located in Hawkinge, Kent, focused on the Allied and Axis men of the Battle of Britain. The Spirit of the Few Monument is in the grounds of the museum. Kent Battle of Britain Museum is situated 1 mile north of U92B Switchgear Control Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheriton and Arpinge.
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.
Arpinge
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arpinge is a hamlet between Paddlesworth and Newington to the west of Folkestone in Kent, England. It consists of three working farms, three now converted to residential use and a further four houses.
Peene
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Kent located 1 mile north-west of Folkestone. It gives its name to Newington Parish Council, which has five councillors, and includes the hamlets of Arpinge and Beachborough.
U92B Switchgear Control Building
- Type: Industrial building
- Categories: building and industry
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.09786° or 51° 5′ 52″ northLongitude
1.14878° or 1° 8′ 56″ eastOpen location code
9F3334XX+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 132072797OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrial
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