Harty
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet and former civil parish in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Harty, Swale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas the Apostle and Ferry House Inn.
Church of St Thomas the Apostle
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Harty on the Isle of Sheppey in the county of Kent is a Grade II* listed building. The date of founding cannot be fixed with certainty.
Oare Marshes
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oare Marshes is a 71.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Faversham in Kent. It is owned and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of The Swale Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, National Nature Reserve, Ramsar internationally important wetland site, Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uplees and Shellness.
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 1½ miles southwest of Harty.
Shellness
Hamlet
Shellness is a small coastal hamlet on the most easterly point of the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in the English county of Kent. The settlement forms part of the parish of Leysdown. Shellness is situated 2½ miles northeast of Harty.
Bay View
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 north of Harty.
Harty
- Categories: hamlet, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Leysdown, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.36003° or 51° 21′ 36″ northLongitude
0.89744° or 0° 53′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F329V6W+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 8618923449OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q3127992
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Harty” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Harty”
- French: “Harty”
- French: “Isle of Harty”
- Swedish: “Harty, England”
- Swedish: “Harty”
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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 “Harty”. Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.