Sandgate, Kent
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Sandgate is a village near Folkestone in England. HG Wells (1866-1946) lived at Sandgate and it was also the birthplace of comedian Hattie Jacques.
The Morcheeba song "The Sea" is written about the popular beachside bar 'Bar Vasa'. The Sandgate Hotel appeared on the Channel 4 programme Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on February 27, 2006.
Sandgate was an urban district from 1894 to 1934 (having previously been part of Cheriton parish). It was added to Folkestone in 1934. It re-acquired a parish council in 2004.
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| The district of Shepway in Kent, South East England with its suburbs, villages, towns and parishes: | |
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Acrise • Brookland • Capel-Le-Ferne • Cheriton • Dymchurch • Dungeness • Elham • Etchinghill • Folkestone • Greatstone • Hawkinge • Hythe • Lade • Littlestone-on-Sea • Lydd • Lydd-on-Sea • Lyminge • Lympne • Newchurch • Newingreen • Newington • New Romney • Old Romney • Pedlinge • Postling • Romney Marsh • Saltwood • Sandgate • Sandling • Sellindge • Stanford • Stelling Minnis • St Mary's Bay • Tolsford • Westenhanger | |
| The district of Shepway List of places in Kent | |
