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Dist:0.2km<br/>Baptist Chapel at Eythorne.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>This path leads from Green Lane, Eythorne, through the large field and then up towards a short farmers track near the road. A bridleway leads right beside a tree-hedge towards Malmains Farm.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking from Chapel Hill at junction with Sandwich Road (right).
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The railway was originally built between 1911 and 1917 to serve the coal mines being sunk in the area. It closed in 1987, but a group had formed in 1985 to preserve what was left of the line between Sheperdswell and Eythorne.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The road to the right of the village stores is called Sandwich Road.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>The houses are on Shooters Hill
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Dist:0.4km<br/>East Kent Railway, BR Class 101 Diesel Multiple Unit Nos. 53256 and 54343 at Eythorne Station. Eythorne railway station was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. It was the junction for the branch to Guilford Colliery, which was abandoned in 1921. The track on this branch was lifted in 1931 but relaid during World War Two to accommodate a 9.2 inches (230 mm) rail mounted gun. The station served the village of Eythorne, it reopened as part of the East Kent Railway in 1993. [[2285521]]
©Helmut Zozmann
Dist:0.4km<br/>East Kent Railway, Level Crossing at Eythorne Station. Eythorne railway station was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. It was the junction for the branch to Guilford Colliery, which was abandoned in 1921. The track on this branch was lifted in 1931 but relaid during World War Two to accommodate a 9.2 inches (230 mm) rail mounted gun. The station served the village of Eythorne, it reopened as part of the East Kent Railway in 1993. [[2285521]]
©Helmut Zozmann

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