Sandgate is a village in the

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...

and

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in the Folkestone and Hythe district of

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, England. It had a population of 4,225 at the 2001 census.Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population (KS01) : Folkestone Sandgate Ward''
Retrieved 22 August 2010 It is the site of Sandgate Castle, a Device Fort. H.G. Wells lived at Spade House, and it is also the birthplace of comedian Hattie Jacques. Sandgate is the location of the

Shorncliffe Redoubt Shorncliffe Redoubt is a British Napoleonic earthwork fort. The site is approximately 300 feet by 300 feet and is situated on the Kentish Coast in Sandgate, Kent. History In 1793, the French Revolution reached its climax when the Revolutionar ...

, a

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-era earthwork fort associated with Sir John Moore and the 95th Regiment of Foot, known as the 95th Rifles. St Paul's Church lies next to the Saga building, which is built on the site of Embrook House. Sandgate was an

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from 1894 to 1934 (having previously been part of Cheriton parish). It was added to

in 1934. In 2004, the village re-acquired

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

status. The parish shares the boundaries of Folkestone Sandgate ward, at . The Sandgate branch railway line was opened in 1874 and closed to passengers in 1951. Little of the infrastructure now remains, but it is still possible to see the remains of a tall overbridge at the bottom of Hospital Hill. The Morcheeba song "The Sea" is written about the beachside bar 'Bar Vasa'. Sandgate Hotel appeared on the

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programme '' Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares'' on 27 February 2006. Other pubs include The Ship Inn, The Providence Inne, The Clarendon Inn and The Royal Norfolk Hotel. The

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suburb with the same name is named after the town. There is also a Brisbane suburb called Shorncliffe, which is adjacent to Sandgate.

Sister cities

* Sangatte,

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Notable people

Charles Daniel-Tyssen Charles Amherst Daniel-Tyssen (11 December 1856 – 26 December 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of Francis Samuel Daniel-Tyssen and his wife, Eliza Julia Knight-Bruce, he was born in December 1856 at Sandgate, ...

(1856-1940), cricketer and clergyman * Hattie Jacques (1922-1980), comedy actress

References

External links

Sandgate Website

Sandgate Parish Council
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