Grain Edge Buoy
Grain Edge Buoy is a beacon in United Kingdom. Grain Edge Buoy 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 Nearby
Highlights include Garrison Point Fort and SS Richard Montgomery.
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. Garrison Point Fort is situated 1 mile southwest of Grain Edge Buoy.
SS Richard Montgomery
Disaster remains
SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty ship that was built during World War II. She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the British Army during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War and then in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. SS Richard Montgomery is situated 1¼ miles east of Grain Edge Buoy.
Sheerness Lifeboat Station
Building
Sheerness Lifeboat Station is strategically located at Garrison Point in Sheerness Dockyard, in Sheerness, a town on the Isle of Sheppey, sitting at the mouth of the River Medway, and overlooking the Thames estuary, on the north coast of the county of Kent. Sheerness Lifeboat Station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Grain Edge Buoy.
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 3 miles south of Grain Edge Buoy.
Grain Edge Buoy
- Type: Beacon
- Category: transportation
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46034° or 51° 27′ 37″ northLongitude
0.75807° or 0° 45′ 29″ eastOpen location code
9F32FQ65+46GeoNames ID
11610849
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