River Stour
River Stour is a river in Sandwich, Dover District, England. River Stour is situated nearby to the locality Richborough Sluice, as well as near North Poulders.Places of Interest
Highlights include Richborough Castle and Sandwich railway station.
Richborough Castle
Photo: Midnightblueowl, Public domain.
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.
Sandwich railway station
Railway station
Photo: Edward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandwich railway station serves Sandwich in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8+1⁄4 miles south of Ramsgate on the Kent Coast Line.
Prince’s Golf Club
Golf course
Prince's Golf Club is a links golf course located in Sandwich in Kent in southeast England. Prince's is immediately adjacent to the more famous Royal St George's golf club, and both clubs lie on the same stretch of coastline as nearby Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ash and Woodnesborough.
Ash
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ash is a village and civil parish in the Dover district of east Kent about three miles west of Sandwich. The civil parish has a population of 2,767, increasing to 3,365 at the 2011 Census, and includes the villages of Ash, Westmarsh, Ware, Hoaden and Richborough.
Woodnesborough
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodnesborough is a village in the Dover District of Kent, England, 2 miles west of Sandwich. The population taken at the 2011 census included Coombe as well as Marshborough, and totalled 1,066.
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.
River Stour
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2905° or 51° 17′ 26″ northLongitude
1.3366° or 1° 20′ 12″ eastOpen location code
9F3378RP+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 197409237OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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