Shakespeare Colliery

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Samphire Hoe

Park

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Samphire Hoe is a country park situated 2 miles west of Dover in Kent in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and is located at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover. Samphire Hoe is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Shakespeare Colliery.

Shakespeare Tunnel

Tunnel

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Shakespeare Tunnel is a railway tunnel carrying the South Eastern Main Line between Folkestone and Dover in Kent, UK. Completed in 1884, it was bored beneath the chalk Shakespeare Cliff along the south eastern coastline of England and allows services into and out of Dover Priory railway station. Shakespeare Tunnel is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Shakespeare Colliery.

Church of St Lawrence

Church

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Church of St Lawrence is situated 1 mile northwest of Shakespeare Colliery.

Places in the Area

Maxton

Suburb

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Maxton is an area in the west of Dover, in the county of Kent, England. Maxton also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938.

Buckland

Suburb

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Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum. Buckland is situated 2½ miles north of Shakespeare Colliery.

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