Shorncliffe Redoubt
Shorncliffe Redoubt is a British Napoleonic earthwork fort. The site is approximately 300 feet by 300 feet and is situated on the Kentish Coast in Sandgate, Kent.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: British Napoleonic earthwork fort in Cheriton, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shorncliffe Redoubt, Shorncliffe Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shorncliffe Military Cemetery and Martello Tower No. 8.
Shorncliffe Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Shorncliffe Military Cemetery is situated 630 feet west of Shorncliffe Redoubt.
Martello Tower No. 8
Residential building
Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martello Tower No. 8 is a residential building, which is situated 390 feet southeast of Shorncliffe Redoubt.
Martello Tower No. 9
Tower
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martello Tower No. 9 is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Shorncliffe Redoubt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seabrook and Sandgate.
Seabrook
Village
Seabrook is a coastal village in the civil parish of Hythe, in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England, lying on the coast of the English Channel between Sandgate and Hythe.
Sandgate
Village
Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.
Sandgate is a village in the Folkestone and Hythe Urban Area in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. It had a population of 4,225 at the 2001 census.
Cheriton
Suburb
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone, in the Folkestone and Hythe, in the county of Kent, England. It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.
Shorncliffe Redoubt
- Categories: redoubt and historic site
- Location: Hythe, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.07521° or 51° 4′ 31″ northLongitude
1.12971° or 1° 7′ 47″ eastOpen location code
9F3334GH+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 699017439OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7501512
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