Darnet Fort
Darnet Fort is a fort in Medway, England. Darnet Fort is situated nearby to RSPB Nor Marsh Nature Reserve, as well as near Hoo Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Priestfield Stadium and Damhead Creek power station.
Priestfield Stadium
Stadium
Photo: ChrisTheDude, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priestfield Stadium is a football stadium in Gillingham, Kent, England. It has been the home of Gillingham Football Club since the club's formation in 1893, and was also the temporary home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club for two seasons during the 1990s. Priestfield Stadium is situated 2 miles southwest of Darnet Fort.
Damhead Creek power station
Power station
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Damhead Creek power station is a 792 MWe gas-fired power station in Kent, England, on the Hoo Peninsula, It is near the site of the decommissioned Kingsnorth power station. The plant entered service in February 2001. Damhead Creek power station is situated 1¼ miles north of Darnet Fort.
Gillingham Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gillingham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Gillingham, Kent. It is 35 miles 75 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Chatham and Rainham. Gillingham Railway Station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Darnet Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoo St Werburgh and Gillingham.
Hoo St Werburgh
Village
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Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England. It is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula to bear the name Hoo, a Saxon word believed to mean "spur of land" or to refer to the "distinct heel-shape of the ridge of hills" through the settlement. Hoo St Werburgh is situated 2 miles northwest of Darnet Fort.
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Brompton
Village
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brompton is a suburban village situated between the town centres of Gillingham and Chatham, lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in Medway, Kent, England. Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub. Brompton is situated 3 miles west of Darnet Fort.
Darnet Fort
- Type: Fort
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4068° or 51° 24′ 25″ northLongitude
0.59639° or 0° 35′ 47″ eastOpen location code
9F32CH4W+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 122051577OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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Notable Places Nearby
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