Dover Telephone Exchange

Dover Telephone Exchange is a building in Dover, Kent, England which is located on Biggin Street. Dover Telephone Exchange is situated nearby to the sports venue Shock Em laser Tag Project, as well as near the public building The Well.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maison Dieu and St Edmund’s Chapel.

Maison Dieu

Town hall

Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Hospital of St Mary, Domus Dei, or Maison Dieu, is a medieval building in Dover, England which forms the oldest part of Dover Town Hall. The Town Hall and remains of medieval Maison Dieu were Grade II* listed in 1973; they were upgraded to a Grade I listing in 2017.

St Edmund’s Chapel

Church

Photo: Colinward1970, Public domain.

St Edmund's Chapel is a church in Dover, England, dedicated to St Edmund. It was completed in 1262 as a wayside chapel or chapel of rest for the cemetery for the poor beside the Maison Dieu, just outside the enclosed part of the medieval town, a short distance above Biggin Gate, and for pilgrims setting off for Thomas Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral.

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" because of its defensive significance throughout history. Dover Castle is situated 2,900 feet east of Dover Telephone Exchange.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckland and Maxton.

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.

Maxton

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Maxton is an area in the west of Dover, in the county of Kent, England. Maxton also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938.

Kearsney

Village

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Kearsney is a village in Kent, England. At one time it would have been called a hamlet, there being no church there. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Temple Ewell. Kearsney is situated 2½ miles northwest of Dover Telephone Exchange.

Dover Telephone Exchange

Type: Building
Address: Biggin Street, Dover, CT16 1BE
Location: Dover, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.12786° or 51° 7′ 40″ north

Longitude

1.31036° or 1° 18′ 37″ east

Operator

Openreach

Open location code

9F3348H6+44

OpenStreetMap ID

way 55433741

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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