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Kents Cavern

Kents Cavern is a cave system in , 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.
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  • Email: caves@kents-cavern.co.uk
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • 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.

Hotel
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was a hotel in , 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. is situated 750 feet north of Kents Cavern.

School
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a school, which is situated 970 feet west of Kents Cavern.

Pub
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub, which is situated 1,100 feet west of Kents Cavern.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Quarry Point and Torquay.

Locality
Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a coastal promontory below Wall's Hill in , , . The site is part of the Hope's Nose to Wall's Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town on the coast of the region of . Since the 19th century, it has been a fashionable seaside resort in the English Riviera.

Suburb
Photo: Chislopuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a district of , . is home to Primary school, which is known to be the only place in Torquay that still has a fully standing World War II air raid shelter.

Kents Cavern

Latitude
50.46764° or 50° 28′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.5026° or 3° 30′ 9″ west
Open location code
9C2RFF9W+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 132794133
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data 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: “Kents Cavern”
  • 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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Highlights include Stoodley Knowle Meadow and Wellswood Place Post Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kents Cavern”. Photo: Jcg2006, Public domain.