Minster-on-Sea
Minster-on-Sea is a civil parish in the English county of Kent. It is on the Isle of Sheppey and thus forms part of the borough of Swale. It was created on 1 April 2003.- Type: Locality with 17,400 residents
- Description: civil parish in Swale, Kent, England
- Also known as: “Minster on Sea”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isle of Sheppey and The Abbey Gatehouse.
Isle of Sheppey
Photo: Scott Wylie, CC BY 2.0.
The Isle of Sheppey is a largely rural island off the northern coast of Kent, England, neighbouring the Thames Estuary. The whole north coast is dotted with caravan parks and holiday homes.
HM Prison Standford Hill
Prison
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HM Prison Standford Hill is a Category D men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Standford Hill forms part of the Sheppey prisons cluster, which also includes HMP Elmley and HMP Swaleside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minster and Sheerness.
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.
Sheerness
Town
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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 3½ miles northwest of Minster-on-Sea.
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.
Minster-on-Sea
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Minster-on-Sea” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Minster-on-Sea”
- Irish: “Minster-on-Sea”
- Swedish: “Minster-on-Sea”
- Turkish: “Minster-on-Sea”
- “Minster-on-Sea”
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