Grain 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort at the mouth of the Medway, Kent, UK
- Also known as: “Grain Tower Battery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St James and The Hogarth Inn.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 730 feet northwest of Grain Fort.
The Hogarth Inn
Pub
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hogarth Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,400 feet west of Grain Fort.
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 3,300 feet south of Grain Fort.
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 Grain Fort.
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 Grain Fort.
Halfway Houses
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halfway Houses is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in England. It derives its name from the pub in the village centre, with the same name, which was so named because it is halfway between Minster and Sheerness, before the coastal road was built along the north coast connecting Minster and Sheerness. Halfway Houses is situated 3½ miles southeast of Grain Fort.
Grain Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Isle of Grain, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4572° or 51° 27′ 26″ northLongitude
0.71964° or 0° 43′ 11″ eastOpen location code
9F32FP49+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1237238535OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q4391689
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Grain Fort” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grain Tower Battery”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن جرين”
- German: “Grain Fort”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St James Church of England Primary Academy and Grain Beach.
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