Kents Cavern
Kents Cavern is a cave system in Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable both for its archaeological and geological features. The cave system is open to the public and has been a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1952 and a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1957.Photo: Jcg2006, Public domain.
- Email: caves@kents-cavern.co.uk
- Type: Cave
- Description: show cave in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kent’s Cavern, Torquay” and “Kent’s Hole”
- Address: 89 Ilsham Road, Torquay, TQ1 2JF
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gleneagles Hotel and Ilsham Church of England Academy.
Gleneagles Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gleneagles Hotel was a hotel in Torquay, Devon, England. The 41-bed establishment, which opened in the 1960s, was the inspiration for Fawlty Towers, a British situation comedy first broadcast in the mid-1970s. Gleneagles Hotel is situated 750 feet north of Kents Cavern.
Ilsham Church of England Academy
School
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ilsham Church of England Academy is a school, which is situated 970 feet west of Kents Cavern.
Kents
Pub
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kents is a pub, which is situated 1,100 feet west of Kents Cavern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Quarry Point and Babbacombe.
Long Quarry Point
Locality
Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Long Quarry Point is a coastal promontory below Wall's Hill in Torquay, Devon, England. The site is part of the Hope's Nose to Wall's Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Babbacombe
Suburb
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Babbacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for Babbacombe Model Village, the Babbacombe Theatre and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway.
Torquay
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torquay is a town on the coast of the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.
Kents Cavern
- Categories: show cave, archaeological site, building, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Torbay, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.46764° or 50° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.5026° or 3° 30′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C2RFF9W+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 132794133OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q835378
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Kents Cavern” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Kents Cavern”
- Dutch: “Kents Cavern”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كينتس كافيرن”
- French: “grotte de Kent”
- French: “Grotte de Kent”
- German: “Kents Cavern”
- Italian: “Grotte di Kent”
- Japanese: “ケンツ洞窟”
- Mazanderani: “کنت غار”
- Persian: “غار کنت”
- Polish: “Kent’s Cavern”
- Russian: “Кентская пещера”
- Swedish: “Kent’s Cavern”
- Swedish: “Kents Cavern”
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