Queenborough Castle
Queenborough Castle, also known as Sheppey Castle, is a 14th-century castle, the remnants of which are in the town of Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent in England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: concentric castle in Queenborough, Swale, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sheppey Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queenborough railway station and Parish Church of the Holy Trinity.
Queenborough railway station
Railway station
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queenborough railway station is on the Sheerness Line, on the Isle of Sheppey in northern Kent, and serves the town of Queenborough. It is 49 miles 22 chains down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern.
Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Queenborough Castle.
Sheerness-on-Sea railway station
Railway station
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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-on-Sea railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Queenborough Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rushenden and Halfway Houses.
Rushenden
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rushenden is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, of approximately 500 dwellings. It lies to the south of Queenborough.
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.
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. Sheerness is situated 1½ miles north of Queenborough Castle.
Queenborough Castle
- Categories: concentric castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Queenborough, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.41625° or 51° 24′ 59″ northLongitude
0.74867° or 0° 44′ 55″ eastElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9F32CP8X+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 9293176985OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Queenborough Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Queenborough Castle”
- German: “Queenborough Castle”
- German: “Sheppey Castle”
- Swedish: “Queenborough Castle”
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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 “Queenborough Castle”. Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.