Royal Air Force Station - Hawkinge Memorial

Royal Air Force Station - Hawkinge Memorial is a memorial in Hawkinge, Shepway District, England. Royal Air Force Station - Hawkinge Memorial is situated near Hawkinge Crematorium and Cemetery, as well as near Kent Battle of Britain Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kent Battle of Britain Museum and St Luke’s.

Kent Battle of Britain Museum

Museum

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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. Kent Battle of Britain Museum is situated 840 feet southwest of Royal Air Force Station - Hawkinge Memorial.

St Luke’s

Church

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St Luke’s is a church, which is situated 2,900 feet east of Royal Air Force Station - Hawkinge Memorial.

Folkestone Castle

Archaeological site

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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 1¼ miles south of Royal Air Force Station - Hawkinge Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawkinge and Paddlesworth.

Hawkinge

Village

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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

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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

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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.

Royal Air Force Station - Hawkinge Memorial

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “This monument was erected to commemorate the part played but the Royal Air Force station Hawking in the air defence of Great Britain 1915-1961 and to provide a memorial to all who served at or flew from this green swath never to return.”
Category: historic site
Location: Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.11474° or 51° 6′ 53″ north

Longitude

1.15398° or 1° 9′ 14″ east

Open location code

9F334573+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 699287104

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hawkinge Crematorium and Cemetery and Aircraft Hanger Base.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Haskard Close and JAW Automotive.

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