Kent Battle of Britain Museum
The Kent Battle of Britain Museum is an aviation museum located in Hawkinge, Kent, focused on the Allied and Axis men of the Battle of Britain. The Spirit of the Few Monument is in the grounds of the museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: aviation museum in Hawkinge, Kent
- Address: Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge, Folkestone, CT18 7AG
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Luke’s and Folkestone Castle.
St Luke’s
Church
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Luke’s is a church, which is situated 3,300 feet east of Kent Battle of Britain Museum.
Folkestone Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: GkgAlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Folkestone Castle stood on a spur of the North Downs to the north of the town of Folkestone, Kent. The Norman castle existed in the late 11th and 12th centuries and was built on a natural mound which. Folkestone Castle is situated 1 mile south of Kent Battle of Britain Museum.
St Oswald’s Church, Paddlesworth
Church
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Oswald’s Church, Paddlesworth is situated 4,100 feet west of Kent Battle of Britain Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkinge and Paddlesworth.
Hawkinge
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill.
Paddlesworth
Hamlet
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Paddlesworth is a hamlet and parish located about 3 miles NNW of Folkestone in Kent, England, near Hawkinge. Paddlesworth was a sighting-point for the Anglo-French Survey linking the Royal Greenwich Observatory with the Paris Observatory, undertaken by General William Roy.
Arpinge
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arpinge is a hamlet between Paddlesworth and Newington to the west of Folkestone in Kent, England. It consists of three working farms, three now converted to residential use and a further four houses.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
- Categories: military museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.11261° or 51° 6′ 45″ northLongitude
1.15254° or 1° 9′ 9″ eastOpen location code
9F334573+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 452878720OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6391619
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Japanese—“Kent Battle of Britain Museum” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון הקרב על בריטניה בקנט”
- Japanese: “ケント・バトル・オブ・ブリテン博物館”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aircraft Hanger Base and Airfield Fire Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kent Battle of Britain Museum”. Photo: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0.