Betteshanger

Betteshanger

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Betteshanger
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static_image_caption=Betteshanger Park
latitude= 51.225
longitude= 1.32
population =
shire_district= Dover
shire_county = Kent
region= South East England
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os_grid_reference= TR3352

Betteshanger is a village near Deal in East Kent, England. It gave its name to the largest of the four chief collieries of the Kent coalfield. [ [http://www.dover.gov.uk/kentcoal/exhibition/betteshanger.asp Betteshanger Colliery] , Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent]

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