Folkestone Viaduct

Folkestone Viaduct is a bridge in Folkestone, Shepway District, England. Folkestone Viaduct is situated nearby to the community center Sunflower House, as well as near Folkestone Youth Project.

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: railway viaduct in Folkestone, Shepway, Kent, England, UK
Also known as: “Foord Viaduct”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Folkestone Library and Folkestone Central railway station.

Folkestone Library

Library

Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.

Folkestone Library is situated 900 feet southeast of Folkestone Viaduct.

Folkestone Central railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Folkestone Central railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, and is the main station serving the town of Folkestone, Kent. It is 69 miles 73 chains down the line from London Charing Cross. All trains that call are operated by Southeastern. Folkestone Central railway station is situated 2,500 feet west of Folkestone Viaduct.

Folkestone Museum

Museum

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Folkestone Museum is situated 1,400 feet south of Folkestone Viaduct.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandgate and Capel-le-Ferne.

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.

Capel-le-Ferne

Village

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Capel-le-Ferne is a village and civil parish on the White Cliffs of Dover, near Folkestone in the Dover district, in Kent, England. Its name derives from a medieval French term meaning "chapel in the ferns". Capel-le-Ferne is situated 2 miles northeast of Folkestone Viaduct.

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. Cheriton is situated 2 miles west of Folkestone Viaduct.

Folkestone Viaduct

Categories: railway viaduct and transportation
Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.08385° or 51° 5′ 2″ north

Longitude

1.17898° or 1° 10′ 44″ east

Open location code

9F3335MH+GH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 894969258

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q26314357

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Highlights include Sunflower House and Folkestone Youth Project.

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