Guardhouse

Guardhouse is a building in Sandgate, Shepway District, England. Guardhouse is situated nearby to the community center Folkestone & Hythe Sea Cadet Corps, as well as near Sandgate Park and Sandgate Recreation Ground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sandgate Castle and Folkestone West railway station.

Sandgate Castle

Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.

Sandgate Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Sandgate in Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect England against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended a vulnerable point along the coast. Sandgate Castle is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Guardhouse.

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. Folkestone West railway station is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Guardhouse.

Martello Tower No. 6

Tower

Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Martello Tower No. 6 is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Guardhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandgate and Cheriton.

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.

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.

Guardhouse

Type: Building
Location: Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.07897° or 51° 4′ 44″ north

Longitude

1.13972° or 1° 8′ 23″ east

Open location code

9F3334HQ+HV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 766099479

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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