The Wing
The Wing is a wWII memorial. It is within Capel-le-Ferne’s built-up area. This is a site of Battle of Britain Memorial Trust.
Museum in Capel-le-Ferne
Inside Capel-le-Ferne
The Wing is inside Capel-le-Ferne’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
Afternoons in Capel-le-Ferne reach 19–22°C from June to September.
The Wing
4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. There are 38 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Dover Castle (8.8 km).
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Battle of Britain Memorial Trust
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Capel-le-Ferne
- Official site
- battleofbritainmemorial.org
Getting to The Wing
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; The Wing is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Capel-le-Ferne’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around The Wing, by distance
With 51,987 people, Folkestone is the largest of the 8. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
Capel-le-Ferne
Folkestone
Hawkinge
Alkham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where The Wing is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capel-le-Ferne | It’s in town | 1,962 | 8 |
| Folkestone | 800 m southwest of it | 51,987 | 10 |
| Hawkinge | 2.6 km northwest of it | 8,499 | 7 |
| Alkham | 3.9 km north of it | 322 | 6 |
| Densole | 4 km northwest of it | 888 | 5 |
| Dover | 7.2 km northeast of it | 36,349 | 28 |
| Whitfield | 9.1 km northeast of it | 6,509 | 24 |
| Guston | 9.4 km northeast of it | 1,684 | 25 |
More to see nearby
38 more lie within 15 km, 4 castles, 2 museums and a fort among them.
Castle · English HeritageDover Castle8.8 km away2
CastleSandgate Castle 15394.9 km away3
CastleSaltwood Castle8.7 km away4
MuseumDover Bronze Age Boat8.1 km away5
CastleLympne Castle13 km away6
Fort · English HeritageDover Western Heights7 km away7
MuseumKent Battle of Britain Museum4 km away8
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSwingfield Preceptory6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about The Wing
Where is The Wing?
The Wing is in Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Wing?
WWII memorial in Kent, England.
Who runs The Wing?
Battle of Britain Memorial Trust.
When is the best time to visit The Wing?
June to September are the warmest months in Capel-le-Ferne, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Wing?
Within 15 km: Dover Castle (8.8 km), Sandgate Castle 1539 (4.9 km), Saltwood Castle (8.7 km) and Dover Bronze Age Boat (8.1 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- The Wing: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Castle: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandgate Castle 1539: The original uploader was Jamesedits at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saltwood Castle: Edgepedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Bronze Age Boat: mari from tokyo, japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lympne Castle: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Western Heights: Paul Wells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Battle of Britain Museum: Ron Hann, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swingfield Preceptory: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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