Shakespeare Tunnel
Shakespeare Tunnel is a railway tunnel carrying the South Eastern Main Line between Folkestone and Dover in Kent, UK. Completed in 1884, it was bored beneath the chalk Shakespeare Cliff along the south eastern coastline of England and allows services into and out of Dover Priory railway station.Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tunnel
- Description: railway tunnel near Dover, Kent, England
- Also known as: “Shakespeare Cliff Tunnel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Samphire Hoe and Knights Templar Church.
Samphire Hoe
Park
Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Samphire Hoe is a country park situated 2 miles west of Dover in Kent in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and is located at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover. Samphire Hoe is situated 1 mile southwest of Shakespeare Tunnel.
Knights Templar Church
Ruins
Photo: Gabirro, Public domain.
The Knights Templar Church in Dover is the ruins of a medieval church on Bredenstone hill, part of the Dover Western Heights in Kent, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a scheduled monument. Knights Templar Church is situated 1 mile northeast of Shakespeare Tunnel.
Astor Secondary School
School
Astor Secondary School is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Dover, Kent, England. It was established in 1948 and is part of The Samphire Star Education Trust. Astor Secondary School is situated 1¼ miles north of Shakespeare Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maxton and Buckland.
Maxton
Suburb
Maxton is an area in the west of Dover, in the county of Kent, England. Maxton also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938.
Buckland
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum. Buckland is situated 2 miles north of Shakespeare Tunnel.
Kearsney
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kearsney is a village in Kent, England. At one time it would have been called a hamlet, there being no church there. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Temple Ewell. Kearsney is situated 3 miles north of Shakespeare Tunnel.
Shakespeare Tunnel
- Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
- Location: Dover, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.11009° or 51° 6′ 36″ northLongitude
1.2879° or 1° 17′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F33476Q+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 904410010OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnelWikidata ID
Q122451798
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