Medway Ports, Isle of Sheppey

#8 among attractions in Isle of Sheppey

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Medway Ports, incorporating the Port of Sheerness and Chatham Docks is part of Peel Ports, the second largest port group in the United Kingdom. The Ports authority is also responsible for the harbour, pilotage and conservancy matters for 27.3 nautical miles of the River Medway, from the Medway Buoy to Allington Lock at Maidstone, and the Swale. ()

Coordinates: 51°26'48"N, 0°44'40"E

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Isle of Sheppey United Kingdom

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Medway Ports – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Garrison Point Fort, Grain Tower, Grain Fort, Great Mill.

~50 ftE
Forts and castles
Garrison Point Fort, Isle of Sheppey
1 min walk • Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.
0.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Grain Tower
17 min walk • Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway.
1.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Grain Fort
34 min walk • Grain Fort is a former artillery fort located just east of the village of Grain, Kent. It was constructed in the 1860s to defend the confluence of the Rivers Medway and Thames during a period of tension with France.
1 miSE
History museum, Museum, Town
Great Mill, Sheerness
25 min walk • Great Mill or Ride's Mill is a Grade II listed smock mill just off the High Street in Sheerness, Kent, England, that was demolished in 1924, leaving the brick base standing. It now has a new smock tower built on it as residential accommodation.
1.1 miSE
51°26'24"N • 0°46'2"E
Sheppey Little Theatre, Sheerness
28 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
1.2 miNW
Village
Isle of Grain
30 min walk • Isle of Grain is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent, south-east England.
1 miW
Forts and castles
Dummy Battery, Southend
25 min walk • Dummy Battery, originally known as Grain Battery, is a disused fortified gun battery located about 1 kilometre south of the village of Grain, Kent at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Medway. Completed in 1865, it supported two nearby coast artillery batteries at Grain Fort and Grain Wing Battery, a short distance to the north.
1.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Grain Wing Battery, Southend
30 min walk • Grain Wing Battery is a former gun battery located just east of the village of Grain, Kent at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Medway.