Duke of York’s Royal Military School
The Duke of York's Royal Military School, in Guston, Kent, commonly known as the Duke of York's, is a co-educational academy with military tradition for students aged 11 to 18.Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: School
- Description: school in Kent, UK
- Address: Dover, CT15 5EQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dover Castle and Fort Burgoyne.
Dover Castle
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history. Dover Castle is situated 1 mile south of Duke of York’s Royal Military School.
Fort Burgoyne
Fort
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Burgoyne, originally known as Castle Hill Fort, was built in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston forts around Dover in southeast England. It was built to a polygonal system with detached eastern and western redoubts, to guard the high ground northeast of the strategic port of Dover, just north of Dover Castle. Fort Burgoyne is situated 3,100 feet south of Duke of York’s Royal Military School.
Dubris Pharos
Lighthouse
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dubris, also known as Portus Dubris and Dubrae, was a port in Roman Britain on the site of present-day Dover, Kent, England. As the closest point to continental Europe and the site of the estuary of the Dour, the site chosen for Dover was ideal for a cross-channel port. Dubris Pharos is situated 1 mile south of Duke of York’s Royal Military School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckland and Dover.
Buckland
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum.
Dover
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dover is a major port town in East Kent, facing into the English Channel. At just 21 mi from the French port of Calais, it is the closest port to continental Europe on mainland Britain.
East Langdon
Hamlet
Photo: Rosie Burnham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Langdon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Langdon, in the Dover district of Kent, England. It is 3 miles northeast from Dover town. East Langdon is situated 1½ miles north of Duke of York’s Royal Military School.
Duke of York’s Royal Military School
- Categories: secondary school, boarding school, academy school, and education
- Location: Guston, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14447° or 51° 8′ 40″ northLongitude
1.32455° or 1° 19′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9F3348VF+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 55385555OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q5313139
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Duke of York’s Royal Military School” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “約克公爵皇家軍事學校”
- French: “Duke of York’s Royal Military School”
- German: “Duke of York’s Royal Military School”
- Hebrew: “בית הספר הצבאי המלכותי ע’ש הדוכס מיורק”
- Swedish: “Duke of York’s Royal Military School”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guston Church of England Primary School and Danes Recreation Ground.
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