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Capel-le-Ferne Memorial
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Battle of Britain Memorial
New Dover Road
Capel-le-Ferne
Folkestone
CT18 7JJ
Kent
England
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Capel le Ferne Memorial (© Battle of Britain Memorial Trust)
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Collection details
Aviation, Fine Art, Weapons and War
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Facilities
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At the visitors' centre, Hunting Lodge, light refreshments are available together with an interesting range of souvenir items. There is ample free parking for cars and coaches. Toilet facilities, including those for the disabled, are provided.
The nearest station is Folkestone and there is a bus service which covers the one and a half miles to the site. By car, the Memorial is approached from either Dover or Folkestone via the B2011, and is less than 20 minutes away from the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial at RAF Manston.
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Contact details
During opening hours (Tel)
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01303 249292
After hours (Tel)
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01303 276697
Capel-le-Ferne Village Hall Management Committee
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www.capelleferne.info
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Open
Visitors have access to the Memorial at any time but the facilities are open from 1st April until 30th September each year from 11.00-17.00 daily. Closing time in Autumn is earlier.
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Description
A striking memorial to those who flew and those who gave their lives in the Battle of Britain stands on the White Cliffs between Dover and Folkestone at Capel le Ferne. It is an ideal location and one which was all too familiar to both the RAF and the Luftwaffe during that desperate summer of 1940. During the battle of Britain, the RAF lost 544 aircrew and many more service and civilian personnel, both British and German, were also killed.
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Collections description
The Memorial consists of a pilot in a thoughtful mood, gazing out across the Channel, thinking of his friends long overdue on their return, and of his next sortie. He is seated on a sandstone plinth on which are carved all the crests of the squadrons which participated in the Battle. The stone figure is located at the centre of three propellers, each 38 metres long, cut into the chalk cliff and set within a spectacular grassed arena. Visitors to the site at Capel Le Ferne can walk around the arena and contemplate those whose bravery and sacrifice contributed to the saving of our country in her hour of need. There are, on a fine day, stunning views across the Channel over which much of the Battle was fought.
An impressive millenium wall, designed, constructed in decorative coloured bricks and donated by students of South Kent College, stands on the north side of the car park, commemorating the battle fought in the skies above Folkestone in 1940.
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Key artists and exhibits
Battle of Britain memorial sculpture
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Trails
VE Day 60 Years: Battle For The Skies - The Air Force In World War Two
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Disability Access
Toilets for disabled
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Facilities
Refreshments
Shop
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Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared. Welsh language pages developed with CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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