James Irwin Observatory

James Irwin Observatory is an observatory in Harbledown and Rough Common, City of Canterbury, England. James Irwin Observatory is situated nearby to the pitch MUGA, as well as near the school Canterbury Academy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury Academy.

Canterbury Cathedral

Church

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Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Canterbury Cathedral is situated 1 mile east of James Irwin Observatory.

Canterbury Academy

School

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The Canterbury Academy is a co-educational 11-19 academy school in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a specialist Sports College and 15% of its 1081 pupils are selected on musical aptitude. Canterbury Academy is situated 510 feet east of James Irwin Observatory.

Canterbury Castle

Castle

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Canterbury Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and the main bus station around City Wall. Canterbury Castle is situated 3,100 feet east of James Irwin Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harbledown and Wincheap.

Harbledown

Village

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Harbledown is a village in the Canterbury district, in Kent, England, immediately west of Canterbury and contiguous with the city. At local government level the village is designated as a separate civil parish, that of Harbledown and Rough Common, which was renamed from Harbledown in 2007.

Wincheap

Suburb

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Wincheap is a road and suburb in Canterbury, Kent, England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by Canterbury East railway station, to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of Thanington.

Canterbury

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canterbury is a cathedral and university city in Kent, in the South East of England. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and hence the Primus inter pares of the primates of each national church in the Anglican Communion and spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England.

James Irwin Observatory

Type: Observatory
Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Harbledown and Rough Common, City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.27797° or 51° 16′ 41″ north

Longitude

1.06148° or 1° 3′ 41″ east

Open location code

9F3373H6+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 90136504

OpenStreetMap feature

building=observatory

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=observatory

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