Sharpsness Head

Sharpsness Head is a locality in England, United Kingdom. Sharpsness Head is situated nearby to the locality Havengore Head, as well as near Shelford Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Foulness Island and Havengore Island.

Foulness Island

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Foulness Island is Essex's largest island. There is nothing much for tourists to see, due to the restrictions put in place by the UK Ministry of Defence regarding access to the island.

Havengore Island is a low-lying, marshy island in the civil parish of Foulness, in the Rochford district of the county of Essex, England. It is bounded by New England Creek to the north, Havengore Creek to the south west, the Middleway to the north west, with the North Sea to the south and east.

Rushley Island

Island

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Rushley Island is a small uninhabited island in Essex, England. It is the smallest of six islands comprising an archipelago in Essex, and is privately owned.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barling and Shoeburyness.

Barling

Hamlet

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Barling or Barling Magna is a village and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It lies 4 miles north-east of Southend-on-Sea, its post town, and 17 miles south-east of the county town of Chelmsford. Barling is situated 3½ miles west of Sharpsness Head.

Shoeburyness

Town

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Shoeburyness, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England; it lies 3 miles east of the city centre. Shoeburyness is situated 3½ miles southwest of Sharpsness Head.

North Shoebury

Suburb

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North Shoebury is part of Shoeburyness, a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. North Shoebury was historically a separate village and parish. North Shoebury is situated 4 miles west of Sharpsness Head.

Sharpsness Head

Type: Locality
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.55945° or 51° 33′ 34″ north

Longitude

0.86412° or 0° 51′ 51″ east

Open location code

9F32HV57+QJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11516203299

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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