Hougham Battery

#3683 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Hougham Battery is a World War II coastal defence battery built in 1941 between Dover and Folkestone in southeast England. It is on the cliff-edge between Abbot's Cliff and Shakespeare Cliff. ()

Coordinates: 51°6'26"N, 1°16'12"E

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Hougham Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dover Western Heights, Knights Templar Church, Samphire Hoe, Western Heights LNR.

1.6 miNE
Park
Dover Western Heights, Dover
41 min walk • The Western Heights of Dover are one of the most impressive fortifications in Britain. They comprise a series of forts, strong points and ditches, designed to protect the country from invasion.
1.7 miNE
Ruins
Knights Templar Church, Dover
44 min walk • 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.
~1290 ftSE
Beach, Park, Trail
Samphire Hoe, Dover
7 min walk • 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 found at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover.
1.3 miNE
Park
Western Heights LNR, Dover
34 min walk • Western Heights is a 51.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Dover in Kent. It is owned by Dover Town Council and managed by the White Cliffs Countryside Partnership.
2.2 miNE
51°7'47"N • 1°18'24"E
Charlton Shopping Centre, Dover
57 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.2 miNE
Ship
Dover Bronze Age Boat, Dover
57 min walk • The Dover Bronze Age boat is one of fewer than 20 Bronze Age boats so far found in Britain. It dates to 1575–1520 BC, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boat in the world – though much older ships exist, such as the Khufu ship from 2500 BC.
2.2 miNE
Church
St Edmund's Chapel, Dover
57 min walk • St Edmund's Chapel is a church in Dover, England, dedicated to St Edmund. It was completed in 1262 as a wayside chapel or chapel of rest for the cemetery for the poor beside the Maison Dieu, just outside the enclosed part of the medieval town, a short distance above Biggin Gate...
1.7 miNE
Park
High Meadow, Dover
44 min walk • High Meadow is a 21.3-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Dover in Kent. It is owned by Dover Town Council and managed by The White Cliffs Countryside Partnership. This hilltop meadow has views in all directions.
2.1 miNE
Monastery
Dover Priory, Dover
53 min walk • The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark, commonly called Dover Priory, was a priory at Dover in southeast England. It was variously independent in rule, then occupied by canons regular of the Augustinian rule, then finally monks of the Benedictine rule as a cell of Christchurch Monastery, Canterbury.
2 miE
Memorial
Dover Marine War Memorial, Dover
52 min walk • Dover Marine War Memorial stands in the old Dover Marine Station in the Western Docks, Dover, England. The port has effectively been closed for several years; it is currently used as a berthing station for cruise liners, and is only open when a liner is in dock.
1.4 miN
Park
Whinless Down, Kent Downs
37 min walk • Whinless Down is a 19.3-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Dover in Kent. It is owned by Dover Town Council and managed by the White Cliffs Countryside Partnership.