Sheerness

Sheerness is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the on the north-west corner of the in north , England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of which has a population of 16,738.
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Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Town with 11,700 residents
  • Description: town on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Ширнес”, “Ширнесc”, and “シェアネス”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sheerness Coronation Memorial Clock and Sheerness-on-Sea railway station.

Clock
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the Sheerness…

Windmill
Photo: Mjroots, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Ride's Mill is a Grade II listed smock…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blue Town and Halfway Houses.

Suburb
is a suburb of the town of Sheerness on the in .

Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the in the Swale borough of in .

Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the in the… is situated 2½ miles south of Sheerness.

Sheerness

Latitude
51.43989° or 51° 26′ 24″ north
Longitude
0.76209° or 0° 45′ 44″ east
Population
11,700
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB SHS
Open location code
9F32CQQ6+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21318568
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638081
Wiki­data ID
Q1003196
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Sheerness” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Sheerness”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şirness”
  • Basque: “Sheerness”
  • Bulgarian: “Шернес”
  • Catalan: “Sheerness”
  • Cebuano: “Sheerness”
  • Chinese: “希爾內斯”
  • Chinese: “雪奈斯”
  • Czech: “Sheerness”
  • Dutch: “Sheerness”
  • Esperanto: “Sheerness”
  • Finnish: “Sheerness”
  • French: “Sheerness”
  • German: “Sheerness”
  • Hebrew: “שירנס”
  • Irish: “Sheerness”
  • Italian: “Sheerness”
  • Japanese: “シアネス”
  • Ladin: “Sheerness”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sheerness”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sheerness”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheerness”
  • Norwegian: “Sheerness”
  • Persian: “شیرنس”
  • Polish: “Sheerness”
  • Romanian: “Sheerness”
  • Russian: “Ширнесс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sheerness”
  • Slovenian: “Sheerness”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیرنس”
  • Spanish: “Sheerness”
  • Swedish: “Sheerness”
  • Turkish: “Sheerness”
  • Ukrainian: “Ширнесс”
  • Urdu: “شیرنس”
  • Volapük: “Sheerness”
  • Welsh: “Sheerness”
  • Western Frisian: “Sheerness”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cheyney Rock and Jacob’s Bank.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Clock Tower and The Church in Hope Street.

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