Memorial to the Home of Aviation, Isle of Sheppey

Name: Memorial to the Home of Aviation
Address: Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Isle of Sheppey

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The Memorial to the Home of Aviation is a stone memorial sculpture at Eastchurch, on the Isle of Sheppey in the English county of Kent. The Grade II* listed memorial, unveiled in 1955, commemorates the early aviation flights from Leysdown and Eastchurch by members of the club that became the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain in 1910, and the air base established by the Royal Navy near Eastchurch in 1911. ()

Coordinates: 51°24'24"N, 0°51'27"E

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Isle of Sheppey United Kingdom

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Memorial to the Home of Aviation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Forum Shopping Centre, Oare Marshes, Garrison Point Fort, Grain Tower.

6.9 miSW
51°20'27"N • 0°44'9"E
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Forts and castles
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Forts and castles
Grain Tower
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4.8 miW
Bridge
Kingsferry Bridge
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Park
Milton Creek Country Park, Sittingbourne
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Bridge
Sheppey Crossing, Isle of Sheppey
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4.7 miW
Forts and castles
Queenborough Castle, Queenborough
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History museum, Museum, Town
Great Mill, Sheerness
119 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.
6.8 miSW
51°20'20"N • 0°44'36"E
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