Fort Clarence

Fort Clarence is a now defunct fortification that is located in Rochester, Kent, England.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rochester Cathedral and St Margaret’s Church, Rochester.

Rochester Cathedral

Church

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Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester and seat of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rochester Cathedral is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Fort Clarence.

St Margaret’s Church, Rochester

Church

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St Margaret's Church, Rochester is now a Chapel of Ease within the parish of St Peter with St Margaret, Rochester. Previously it was the parish church of St Margaret's Without. St Margaret’s Church, Rochester is situated 1,300 feet north of Fort Clarence.

Restoration House

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Restoration House is an Elizabethan mansion Manor House in Rochester, Kent. It is so named after a visit by King Charles II on the eve of his restoration in 1660. Restoration House is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Fort Clarence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rochester and Borstal.

Rochester

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Rochester is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Chatham and Gillingham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

Borstal

Village

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Borstal is a location in the Medway unitary authority of Kent in South East England. Originally a village near Rochester, it has become absorbed by the expansion of that town. The youth prison at Borstal gave its name to the Borstal reform school system.

Strood

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Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

Fort Clarence

Type: Building
Description: fort in Medway, Kent, England, UK
Category: fort
Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.38157° or 51° 22′ 54″ north

Longitude

0.49763° or 0° 29′ 52″ east

Open location code

9F329FJX+J3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 139452113

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q5470926

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