Dungeness Lifeboat Station

Dungeness Lifeboat Station is located on Dungeness Road, about 3.5 miles south-east of the town of Lydd, on the cuspate foreland of Dungeness, on the Kent coast.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prospect Cottage and Dungeness Lighthouse.

Prospect Cottage

House

Photo: Jasper33, Public domain.

Prospect Cottage is a house on the coast in Dungeness, Kent. Originally a Victorian-era fisherman's hut, the house was purchased by director, artist, gay-rights activist, and gardener Derek Jarman in 1987 and was his home until his death in 1994. Prospect Cottage is situated 1,400 feet south of Dungeness Lifeboat Station.

Dungeness Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dungeness Lighthouse on the Dungeness Headland started operation on 20 November 1961. Its construction was prompted by the building of Dungeness nuclear power station, which obscured the light of its predecessor which, though decommissioned, remains standing. Dungeness Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Dungeness Lifeboat Station.

Dungeness Old Lighthouse

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dungeness Old Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Dungeness Lifeboat Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lydd-on-Sea and Dungeness.

Lydd-on-Sea

Village

Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.

Dungeness

Village

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh.

Lade

Suburb

Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.

Dungeness Lifeboat Station

Type: Building
Description: lifeboat station in Kent, England, UK
Category: lifeboat station
Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.9265° or 50° 55′ 35″ north

Longitude

0.97634° or 0° 58′ 35″ east

Operator

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Open location code

9F22WXGG+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 189575172

OpenStreetMap feature

building=boathouse

Wikidata ID

Q108283822

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