Reculver
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Reculver is a village and coastal resort about east of Herne Bay on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. It is in the ward of the same name, in the City of Canterbury district of Kent.
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- Locality
- Canterbury
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 135
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.shire_district
- City of Canterbury
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- UK place.post_town
- HERNE BAY
- UK place.postcode_district
- CT6
- UK place.postcode_area
- CT
- UK place.dial_code
- 01227
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TR2269
- UK place.map_type
- Kent UK
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Western Face of St Mary's Church, Reculver (I).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The twin towers of St Mary's Church
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Looking up at Reculver towers from close by on a sunny day
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 2.79
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Reculver
- UK place.label_position
- top
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 4400
- Area
- 2.79
- Image
- St Marys Church Reculver Towers.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01227
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- Commons category
- Reculver
- OS grid reference
- TR226692
- postal code
- CT6
- P8168
- Ibun
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Prehistoric and Roman
- Medieval
- Decline and loss to the sea
- Bouncing bombs
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Economy
- Community facilities
- Landmarks
- Ruined church of St Mary
- Country park
- Centre for renewable energy
- Transport
- Religion
- Notable people
- In popular culture
- References
- Footnotes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Reculver is a village and coastal resort about east of Herne Bay on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. It is in the ward of the same name, in the City of Canterbury district of Kent.
Reculver once occupied a strategic location at the north-western end of the Wantsum Channel, a sea lane that separated the Isle of Thanet and the Kent mainland until the late Middle Ages. This led the Romans to build a small fort there at the time of their conquest of Britain in 43 AD, and, starting late in the 2nd century, they built a larger fort, or castrum, called Regulbium, which later became one of the chain of Saxon Shore forts. Following the end of Roman administration of Britain in the early fifth century the Britons again took control of the region until the Anglo-Saxon invasions shortly afterward.
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