Retention Pond
Retention Pond is in Isle of Grain, Medway, England. Retention Pond is situated nearby to Grain LNG Terminal, as well as near the reservoir Firewater Pond.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grain LNG Terminal and Medway Power Station.
Grain LNG Terminal
Grain LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Isle of Grain, 37 miles east of London. It has facilities for the offloading and reloading of LNG from ships at two jetties on the River Medway; for storing and blending LNG; for truck loading; and regasifying and blending natural gas to meet UK specifications. Grain LNG Terminal is situated 1,200 feet west of Retention Pond.Medway Power Station
Power station
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Medway Power Station is a 735 megawatts gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine power station on the Isle of Grain in Kent adjacent to the River Medway, about 44 miles east of London. It started to supply electricity to the national grid in 1995. Medway Power Station is situated 4,100 feet south of Retention Pond.
The Hogarth Inn
Pub
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hogarth Inn is a pub, which is situated 1 mile east of Retention Pond.
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 3 miles east of Retention Pond.
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 3 miles east of Retention Pond.
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 southeast of Retention Pond.
Retention Pond
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Isle of Grain, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4515° or 51° 27′ 5″ northLongitude
0.68903° or 0° 41′ 21″ eastOpen location code
9F32FM2Q+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 197899763OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=basin
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