Pigeonhouse Wood
Pigeonhouse Wood is a forest in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. Pigeonhouse Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Elvington, as well as near Arpinge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kent Battle of Britain Museum and Folkestone Castle.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Museum
Photo: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hythe and Hawkinge.
Hythe
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hythe is in the District of Shepway, in Kent. In medieval times Hythe was one of the Cinque Ports responsible for England's maritime defence. Then the Kent coast silted up, leaving the village inland.
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.
Lyminge
Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyminge is a village and civil parish in southeast Kent, England. It lies about five miles from Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel, on the road passing through the Elham Valley.
Pigeonhouse Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1062° or 51° 6′ 22″ northLongitude
1.1366° or 1° 8′ 12″ eastOpen location code
9F33444P+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 4815489OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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