Discovery Park
Discovery Park is a power station in Sandwich, Dover District, England. Discovery Park is situated nearby to River Stour, as well as near the river Richborough Stream (Drain).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Richborough Castle and Prince’s Golf Club.
Richborough Castle
Photo: Midnightblueowl, Public domain.
Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. Substantial remains of the massive fort walls still stand to a height of several metres. Richborough Castle is situated 3,800 feet west of Discovery Park.
Prince’s Golf Club
Golf course
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prince's Golf Club is a links golf course located in Sandwich in Kent in southeast England. Prince's is immediately adjacent to the more famous Royal St George's golf club, and both clubs lie on the same stretch of coastline as nearby Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. Prince’s Golf Club is situated 1 mile east of Discovery Park.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Sandwich, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Mary’s Church is situated 1 mile southwest of Discovery Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richborough and Ebbsfleet.
Richborough
Village
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Richborough is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Richborough lies close to the Isle of Thanet. The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.
Ebbsfleet
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ebbsfleet is a hamlet near Ramsgate, Kent, at the head of Pegwell Bay. Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the Isle of Thanet, marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland. Ebbsfleet is situated 1½ miles north of Discovery Park.
Worth
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worth is a village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England, situated 2 kilometres south of Sandwich. It has two public houses, a church, and a school. Worth is situated 2½ miles south of Discovery Park.
Discovery Park
- Type: Power station
- Category: industry
- Location: Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.29095° or 51° 17′ 27″ northLongitude
1.34824° or 1° 20′ 54″ eastOperator
Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC)Open location code
9F3378RX+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 903810114OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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