Cheriton Recreation Ground

Cheriton Recreation Ground is a park in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. Cheriton Recreation Ground is situated nearby to All Soul’s Church of England Primary School, as well as near Cheriton Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Folkestone West railway station and Church of St Martin, Cheriton.

Folkestone West railway station

Railway station

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Folkestone West railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the western area of Folkestone, Kent. It is 69 miles 22 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. Folkestone West railway station is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Cheriton Recreation Ground.

Church of St Martin, Cheriton

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Martin, Cheriton is situated 3,700 feet west of Cheriton Recreation Ground.

Sandgate Castle

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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. Sandgate Castle is situated 1¼ miles south of Cheriton Recreation Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheriton and Peene.

Cheriton

Suburb

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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.

Peene

Hamlet

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Newington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Kent located 1 mile north-west of Folkestone. It gives its name to Newington Parish Council, which has five councillors, and includes the hamlets of Arpinge and Beachborough.