Richborough Castle
Richborough Castle is a parking area in Sandwich, Dover District, England. Richborough Castle is situated nearby to the archaeological site Richborough Roman Amphitheatre, as well as near River Stour.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Richborough Castle and St Mary’s Church.
Richborough Castle
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Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. Substantial remains of the massive fort walls still stand to a height of several metres. Richborough Castle is situated 510 feet northeast of Richborough Castle.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Sandwich, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Mary’s Church is situated 1 mile south of Richborough Castle.
St Peter’s Church, Sandwich
Church
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St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Sandwich, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Peter’s Church, Sandwich is situated 1¼ miles south of Richborough Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richborough and Ebbsfleet.
Richborough
Village
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Richborough is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Richborough lies close to the Isle of Thanet. The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.
Ebbsfleet
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ebbsfleet is a hamlet near Ramsgate, Kent, at the head of Pegwell Bay. Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the Isle of Thanet, marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland. Ebbsfleet is situated 1½ miles northeast of Richborough Castle.
Marshborough
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marshborough is a small hamlet immediately adjacent to Woodnesborough in East Kent, England. Marshborough is situated 2 miles southwest of Richborough Castle.
Richborough Castle
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.29181° or 51° 17′ 31″ northLongitude
1.33075° or 1° 19′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F3378RJ+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 197035496OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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