Saltpan Reach

Saltpan Reach is a reach in Isle of Grain, Medway, England. Saltpan Reach is situated near the locality Port Victoria, as well as near Wallend.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Medway Power Station and Queenborough Castle.

Medway Power Station

Power station

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Medway Power Station is a 735 megawatts gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine power station on the Isle of Grain in Kent adjacent to the River Medway, about 44 miles east of London. It started to supply electricity to the national grid in 1995.

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 Castle is situated 2½ miles east of Saltpan Reach.

Dummy Battery

Fort

Photo: Phillip Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dummy Battery, originally known as Grain Battery, is a disused fortified gun battery located about 1 kilometre south of the village of Grain, Kent at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Medway. Dummy Battery is situated 2 miles northeast of Saltpan Reach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rushenden and Blue Town.

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. Rushenden is situated 2½ miles southeast of Saltpan Reach.

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. Blue Town is situated 2½ miles east of Saltpan Reach.

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 3 miles east of Saltpan Reach.

Saltpan Reach

Type: Reach
Category: body of water
Location: Isle of Grain, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.42792° or 51° 25′ 41″ north

Longitude

0.69521° or 0° 41′ 43″ east

Open location code

9F32CMHW+53

GeoNames ID

12104303

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Port Victoria and Wallend.

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