Guess the Place

[John Walker]

It's a rather strange 'Creative Folkestone' artwork close to the beach. Easily visible from the GSV route along the beach.

The glass house is still in place on the front of The Grand.  Perhaps you are looking at the equally large Metropole Hotel next door?

Hope that helps.

[MartinR]

Well putting "Edward VII" and "Monkey house" into DuckDuckGo I get the Grand Hotel, Folkstone.  It looks though as if it has been rebuilt, there's no glasshouse!  Still can't find your GTP though.  Are those microwave dishes on it?  If so should I be looking in the Harbour Arm or on the top of the hill?

[John Walker]

It's also a local nickname given to the large conservatory on the front of a very posh hotel near my GTP 

The King, Edward VII, became a frequent visitor, so much so that the locals would wander along in front of the building peering into the glasshouse to catch a glimpse of him.  Apparently because he and his friends were heavily bearded, it became likened to looking at monkeys in a cage, hence the sobriquet Monkey House.

[MartinR]

Not really.  The Monkey house is a restaurant near Hyde Park, London and a child's play area in Birkenhead! 

[John Walker]

The 'Monkey House' will put you close to the location

[Beachbum]

The Doors to ?

[John Walker]

Not far from a busy entertainment centre and two rather large buildings which were built as hotels - one is now apartments and the other is part hotel and part apartments as I understand it.

[MartinR]

Ooo, that was sloppy of me.  "200' of tidal range would indicate ..." should be "200' range of foreshore covered by tides would indicate ...". 

[Beachbum]

Found it. That made me laugh as the foreground caught me out


Can anyone else find this?

[John Walker]

Yes - tidal.  200ft is only a guess - it's not Pegwell Bay or the Medway/Swale system.

Best i can find is that currently the tide range between high and low tide is around 17ft in the area of my GTP.

Harbour not far away.

[MartinR]

If the water varies between 30' and 200', then it is either: (1) tidal or (2) a reservoir.  200' or tidal range would indicate either Pegwell Bay or else the Medway/Swale system.  A reservoir would be Bewl Water.  I can't see anything similar at Bewl, so am I right in guessing tidal?

[John Walker]

Can easily be seen on GSV from a different angle.

[John Walker]

Water nearby - sometimes about 30ft away and other times a couple of hundred feet away.

[John Walker]

Great info on the hospital MartinR.

[John Walker]

@John: Berlin?  Before the Wall came down? 

Come west quite a way.    Despite it's looks - it's nothing ominous.

Water nearby.