Queenborough
Queenborough is a locality in Swale District, Kent, England. Queenborough is situated nearby to the village Rushenden, as well as near the suburb Mile Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queenborough Castle and Queenborough railway station.
Queenborough Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Swale railway station
Railway station
Photo: Les Chatfield, CC BY 2.0.
Swale railway station is in north Kent, England, on the Sheerness Line 47 miles 15 chains from London Victoria, at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge which, along with the more modern Sheppey Crossing, connects the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheerness and Minster.
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 2½ miles northeast of Queenborough.
Minster
Town
Photo: Steve Hollis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minster is a town on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, south-east England. It is in the Swale administrative district, and within that, in the parish of Minster-on-Sea. According to the 2021 Census, the population of Minster was 17,389. Minster is situated 3½ miles east of Queenborough.
Kemsley
Village
Kemsley, once a separate village, is now a suburb of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. According to Asserius Menevensis in his contemporary survey, the Danes built a fortress or castle here in 893 at a place called 'Kemsley downe'. Kemsley is situated 3½ miles south of Queenborough.
Queenborough
- Type: Locality
- Location: Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4125° or 51° 24′ 45″ northLongitude
0.7321° or 0° 43′ 55″ eastElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9F32CP6J+XRGeoNames ID
7293800
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