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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Industry
- Description: LNG terminal in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Grain LNG terminal” and “Isle of Grain LNG Facility”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Medway Power Station and Grain Fort.
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 3,900 feet south of Grain LNG Terminal.
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 1½ miles east of Grain LNG Terminal.
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 1½ miles east of Grain LNG Terminal.
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 Grain LNG Terminal.
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 3½ miles east of Grain LNG Terminal.
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 4 miles southeast of Grain LNG Terminal.
Grain LNG Terminal
- Category: regasification terminal
- Location: Isle of Grain, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.45031° or 51° 27′ 1″ northLongitude
0.68411° or 0° 41′ 3″ eastOpen location code
9F32FM2M+4JOpenStreetMap ID
way 23681760OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q28402256
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Grain LNG Terminal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة جرين للغاز الطبيعي المسال”
- Ukrainian: “Термінал ЗПГ Грейн”
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