Kent
Swale District
Eastchurch

Eastchurch

Eastchurch is a village and civil parish on the , in the English county of , two miles east of . The village website claims the area has "a history steeped in stories of piracy and smugglers".
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  • Type: Village with 1,140 residents
  • Description: village in Swale, Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Eastchurch, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isle of Sheppey and RAF Eastchurch.

Photo: Scott Wylie, CC BY 2.0.
The is a largely rural island off the northern coast of , England, neighbouring the Thames Estuary. The whole north coast is dotted with caravan parks and holiday homes.

Aerodrome
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Royal Air Force Eastchurch or more simply is a former Royal Air Force station near Eastchurch village, on the , , England.

Prison
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is a Category D men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the , . Standford Hill forms part of the Sheppey prisons cluster, which also includes HMP Elmley and HMP Swaleside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bay View and Minster.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of Leysdown, on the east side of the in the borough of Swale in , England. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 699. is situated 2 miles east of Eastchurch.

Town
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is a town on the north coast of the in , south-east England. It is in the Swale administrative district, and within that, in the parish of . According to the 2021 Census, the population of was 17,389. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Eastchurch.

Village
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is a village on the east coast of the , in the borough of Swale in , England. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 936. is situated 3 miles east of Eastchurch.

Eastchurch

Latitude
51.40636° or 51° 24′ 23″ north
Longitude
0.85836° or 0° 51′ 30″ east
Population
1,140
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DED
Open location code
9F32CV45+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29704966
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2650482
Wiki­data ID
Q2661688
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Eastchurch” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Eastchurch”
  • Chinese: “伊斯特徹奇”
  • Dutch: “Eastchurch”
  • French: “Eastchurch”
  • Irish: “Eastchurch”
  • Italian: “Eastchurch”
  • Japanese: “イーストチャーチ飛行場”
  • Ladin: “Eastchurch”
  • Persian: “ایستچرچ”
  • Polish: “Eastchurch”
  • Spanish: “Eastchurch”
  • Swedish: “Eastchurch”
  • Turkish: “Eastchurch”
  • Welsh: “Eastchurch”
  • “Eastchurch”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include All Saints‘ Parish Church and Eastchurch Church of England Primary School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Eastchurch”. Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.