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Aycliff
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51°06′49″N1°17′37″E / 51.1136°N 1.2937°E / 51.1136; 1.2937 Coordinates: 51°06′49″N1°17′37″E / 51.1136°N 1.2937°E / 51.1136; 1.2937

Aycliff is a housing estate built in the 1950s at the western extremity of Dover in southeast England. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 179 Canterbury & East Kent (Dover & Margate) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN   9780319228784.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.