X-Nico

unusual facts about North Foreland


Jane Benham

During their stay on board the schoolships, children and their accompanying teachers or youth leaders explored the east coast within the area North Foreland in the south to Orfordness in the north, living on board and working the vessels under sail.


Bleak House, Broadstairs

Bleak House, formerly known as Fort House, is a large house on the cliff overlooking the North Foreland and Viking Bay in Broadstairs, Kent.

John Meldrum

In 1636, Meldrum was granted by letters-patent from the king licence to continue and renew the lighthouses erected by Charles I on the North and South Forelands.


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Sherfield School

However, in the summer of 2003, a year after Gordonstoun had bought North Foreland Lodge for £1 million, the school was closed, and in January 2004 the school's site was sold to the Varkeys group for £6 million, leading to allegations of asset stripping.