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Station established 1889 replacing the S.W. Longsand buoy [17] English and Welsh Grounds Bristol Channel: Light Vessel 72, John Sebastian: Falls 51°18′6″N 1°48′30″E [22] Strait of Dover: North Folkestone Gate Strait of Dover: Part of wartime Folkestone Gate Channel defences; discontinued 1919 [23] South Folkestone Gate Strait of Dover
South Folkestone Gate [34], Varne [35] 14 Aug 1940 [35] Moved from Varne to South Folkestone Gate and sunk by Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers on 14 August 1940 [32] Lightvessel no. 78 78: 1914: John I. Thornycroft & Company: Calshot Spit [38] Formerly plinthed ashore at Ocean Village, in 2010 she was moved to Southampton Docks for a planned ...
Folkestone's history has been shaped by its location within the natural landscape. It sits near the North Downs Trackway, which provided a natural track from the narrowest part of the English Channel to the important religious complexes at Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire, where it is known as the Harroway. [4]
In 1884, the South East Main Line railway was built from Ashford to Folkestone and then onwards to Dover, through the Warren. Folkestone Warren Halt railway station was opened in 1886, and a bridge was built over the Main Line leading to a gate on to The Warren from which the public could picnic and enjoy the dramatic scenery in the area. Also ...
Fish Quay Old High Light: North Shields Fish Quay 55°0′34″N 1°26′13″W: Northumberland 1727 1810 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until 1810) Fish Quay Old Low Light: North Shields Fish Quay 55°0′35″N 1°26′0″W: Northumberland 1727 1810 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House (until 1810), Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust
Folkestone Museum, which holds a collection of fossils, archaeological remains and paintings relocated to Folkestone Town Hall in spring 2017. [40] Folkestone has an annual Comic Convention each May organised by Planet Folkestone. The convention is a volunteer-run event which raising funds for local charities including Academy FM, East Kent ...
Folkestone Lifeboat Station closed on 16 October 1930. [2] [9] The lifeboat remained on exhibition at the boathouse in Folkestone for a further 6 years, before being sold. The building was handed back to the landowner, and later demolished. The site was used as a car park for many years, but has recently been developed into apartments. [2] [13]
Old field boundaries are still used within the park, and the 'Cow Path' is the old drove route from The Leas. [4] In 1877, a series of paths was constructed. The Ordnance Survey map of 1898 (of the area) shows some of these paths, Including a path from the Leas Shelter on the Upper Leas leading down to the road. [1]