Little Nore
Little Nore is an anchorage in Swale District, Kent, England. Little Nore is situated nearby to the suburb Blue Town, as well as near the town Sheerness.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garrison Point Fort and Sheerness-on-Sea railway station.
Garrison Point Fort
Castle
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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. Built in the 1860s in response to concerns about a possible French invasion, it was the last in a series of artillery batteries that had existed on the site since the mid-16th century.
Sheerness-on-Sea railway station
Railway station
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Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness. It is 51 miles 19 chains down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern.
Sheerness Lifeboat Station
Building
Sheerness Lifeboat Station is strategically located at Garrison Point in Sheerness, a town on the Isle of Sheppey, sitting on the north coast of the county of Kent, at the mouth of the River Medway, and overlooking the Thames estuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue Town and Sheerness.
Blue Town
Suburb
Blue Town is a suburb of the town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It sits on the A249 Brielle Way which runs from Queenborough to Sheerness.
Sheerness
Town
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sheerness is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster which has a population of 16,738.
Halfway Houses
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halfway Houses is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in England. It derives its name from the pub in the village centre, with the same name, which was so named because it is halfway between Minster and Sheerness, before the coastal road was built along the north coast connecting Minster and Sheerness. Halfway Houses is situated 2½ miles southeast of Little Nore.
Little Nore
- Type: Anchorage
- Also known as: “The Little Nore”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45576° or 51° 27′ 21″ northLongitude
0.75008° or 0° 45′ 0″ eastOpen location code
9F32FQ42+82GeoNames ID
2644280
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