RAF Denge
Royal Air Force Denge or more simply RAF Denge is a former Royal Air Force site near Dungeness, in Kent, England. It is best known for the early experimental acoustic mirrors which remain there.Photo: Paul Russon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Heritage site
- Description: former site of the Royal Air Force in Kent, England, best known for its acoustic mirrors
- Also known as: “Denge” and “Denge Sound Mirrors”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lydd Airport and Romney Sands railway station.
Lydd Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: LyddGC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lydd Airport is an operational general aviation and minor commercial airport located 1 NM east of the town of Lydd and 12 NM south of Ashford in the district of Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent, England.
Romney Sands railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bluebellnutter, CC BY 2.5.
Romney Sands Railway Station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is located on the bleakest part of the Romney Marsh, a shingle peninsula. Romney Sands railway station is situated 2,300 feet northeast of RAF Denge.
St Peter’s
Church
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter’s is a church, which is situated 3,400 feet northeast of RAF Denge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lade and Greatstone-on-Sea.
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.
Greatstone-on-Sea
Hamlet
Photo: Paul Russon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greatstone is a village on the coast of Romney Marsh in Kent, England. It is east of the town of New Romney and split between the civil parishes of New Romney and Lydd.
Littlestone-on-Sea
Hamlet
Photo: D-G-Seamon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlestone-on-Sea is a small coastal village in the parish of New Romney in Kent, England. It was established in the 1880s by Sir Robert Perks as a resort for the gentry, at the point of the local lifeboat station. Littlestone-on-Sea is situated 2 miles north of RAF Denge.
RAF Denge
- Categories: Royal Air Force station, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.956° or 50° 57′ 22″ northLongitude
0.95395° or 0° 57′ 14″ eastOpen location code
9F22XX43+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 293571739OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q5256938
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