South East England
Kent
Swale District

Halfway Houses

Halfway Houses is a village on the in the Swale borough of in . 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 , before the coastal road was built along the north coast connecting Minster and Sheerness.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Halfway” and “Halfway Houses, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Queenborough railway station and Queenborough Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the Sheerness Line, on the in northern , and serves the town of . It is 49 miles 22 chains down the line from . Train services are provided by Southeastern.

Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Sheppey Castle, is a 14th-century castle, the remnants of which are in the town of on the , in .

Park
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barton's Point Coastal Park is on the , in , England. It lies between and . Within the park is a former military ditch/canal from Marine Parade heading south-westerly towards West Minster.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sheerness and Rushenden.

Town
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the on the north-west corner of the in north , England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of which has a population of 16,738.

Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the in the Borough of Swale in , England, of approximately 500 dwellings. It lies to the south of . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Halfway Houses.

Town
Photo: Steve Hollis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town on the north coast of the in , south-east England. It is in the Swale administrative district, and within that, in the parish of . According to the 2021 Census, the population of was 17,389. is situated 1½ miles east of Halfway Houses.

Halfway Houses

Latitude
51.42137° or 51° 25′ 17″ north
Longitude
0.77345° or 0° 46′ 24″ east
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
9F32CQCF+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253076464
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12266681
Wiki­data ID
Q5641951
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Halfway Houses” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Halfway Houses (Kent)”
  • Basque: “Halfway Houses”
  • Dutch: “Halfway Houses”
  • French: “Halfway Houses”
  • Irish: “Halfway Houses”
  • Polish: “Halfway Houses”
  • Swedish: “Halfway Houses”
  • Welsh: “Halfway Houses”

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Highlights include Sheppey Cemetery and Halfway House Post Office.

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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 “Halfway Houses”. Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.