Great Bells
Great Bells is a hamlet in Minster-on-Sea, Swale District, England. Great Bells is situated nearby to the locality New Quay, as well as near Eastchurch Prisons.Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Elmley and HM Prison Swaleside.
HM Prison Elmley
Prison
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HM Prison Elmley is a local Category B/C men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. The term 'local' means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts.
HM Prison Swaleside
Prison
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HM Prison Swaleside is a Category B men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Swaleside forms part of the Sheppey prison cluster, which also includes HMP Elmley and HMP Standford Hill.
HM Prison Standford Hill
Prison
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HM Prison Standford Hill is a Category D men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Standford Hill forms part of the Sheppey prisons cluster, which also includes HMP Elmley and HMP Swaleside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bay View and Harty.
Bay View
Hamlet
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Bay View is a hamlet in the civil parish of Leysdown, on the east side of the Isle of Sheppey in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 699. Bay View is situated 2½ miles northeast of Great Bells.
Harty
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harty is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Leysdown, on the Isle of Sheppey, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It consists of a few cottages, a church and a public house, the Ferry Inn. Harty is situated 2½ miles southeast of Great Bells.
Uplees
Hamlet
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uplees is a remote hamlet north of Faversham, Kent in southeast England. It was a key part of the Faversham explosives industry during World War I, with the Cotton Powder Company importing raw materials via the deepwater channel of the Swale, and the associated Explosives Loading Company exporting completed bombs and shells. Uplees is situated 2½ miles south of Great Bells.
Great Bells
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Minster-on-Sea, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3795° or 51° 22′ 46″ northLongitude
0.85133° or 0° 51′ 5″ eastOpen location code
9F329VH2+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 254386508OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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