Rushenden
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Kent, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Rushenden, Kent”
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halfway Houses and Sheerness.
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 1½ miles northeast of Rushenden.
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 north of Rushenden.
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 north of Rushenden.
Rushenden
- Category: locality
- Location: Queenborough, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.40859° or 51° 24′ 31″ northLongitude
0.74158° or 0° 44′ 30″ eastElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9F32CP5R+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 254457927OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Rushenden” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rushenden”
- French: “Rushenden”
- Irish: “Rushenden”
- Polish: “Rushenden”
- Welsh: “Rushenden”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Second Avenue Park and Rushenden Community Hall.
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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 “Rushenden”. Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.