Sandgate Castle 1539

Sandgate Castle 1539 is a castle in Sandgate, Shepway District, England. Sandgate Castle 1539 is situated nearby to Sandgate Library & Parish Council, as well as near Church of St Paul.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sandgate Castle and Church of St Paul.

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.

Church of St Paul

Church

Photo: Mutzy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church of St Paul is situated 340 feet northeast of Sandgate Castle 1539.

Spade House

Social service facility

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Spade House, is a large mansion overlooking Sandgate, near Folkestone, in southeast England. It was the home of the science fiction writer H. G. Wells from 1901 to 1909. Designed by C. F. A. Voysey, it is a Grade II* listed building. Spade House is situated 910 feet northeast of Sandgate Castle 1539.

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.

Sandgate Castle 1539

Type: Castle
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.07369° or 51° 4′ 25″ north

Longitude

1.14881° or 1° 8′ 56″ east

Open location code

9F3334FX+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1544571297

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

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