Lapwing Road
Lapwing Road is a bus stop in Isle of Grain, Medway, England. Lapwing Road is situated nearby to Grain Library, Community and Learning Centre, as well as near the pub The Hogarth Inn.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grain Fort and Church of St James.
Grain Fort
Fort
Grain Fort is a former artillery fort located just east of the village of Grain, Kent. It was constructed in the 1860s to defend the confluence of the Rivers Medway and Thames during a period of tension with France. Grain Fort is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Lapwing Road.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 1,700 feet north of Lapwing Road.
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 2,400 feet southeast of Lapwing Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue Town and Sheerness.
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 1½ miles southeast of Lapwing Road.
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 2 miles southeast of Lapwing Road.
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 3½ miles south of Lapwing Road.
Lapwing Road
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Isle of Grain, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45385° or 51° 27′ 14″ northLongitude
0.71671° or 0° 43′ 0″ eastOpen location code
9F32FP38+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 502582090OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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