Heavy Gun Battery
Heavy Gun Battery is a bunker in Southend-on-Sea, England. Heavy Gun Battery is situated nearby to the museum The Cart and Wagon Shed, as well as near Garrison Church of St Peter and St Paul.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges and Shoeburyness railway station.
Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges
Grassland
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges is a 25 hectare nature reserve in Shoeburyness in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. Part of Gunners Park is Shoeburyness Old Ranges Local Nature Reserve, which is itself part of the Foulness Site of Special Scientific Interest. Gunners Park and Shoebury Ranges is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Heavy Gun Battery.
Shoeburyness railway station
Railway station
Photo: Joshua Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shoeburyness railway station is the eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Line, serving the suburb of Shoeburyness, Essex. It is 39 miles 40 chains down the main line from London Fenchurch Street via Basildon; the preceding station is Thorpe Bay. Shoeburyness railway station is situated 2,900 feet north of Heavy Gun Battery.
Shoeburyness High School
School
Shoeburyness High School is a coeducational secondary academy school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The school is larger than the average sized secondary academy, with almost 1800 students on roll. Shoeburyness High School is situated 1 mile northwest of Heavy Gun Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shoeburyness and North Shoebury.
Shoeburyness
Town
Photo: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shoeburyness, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England; it lies 3 miles east of the city centre.
North Shoebury
Suburb
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Shoebury is a former civil parish and village in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is now part of Shoeburyness, a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea.
Barling
Hamlet
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barling is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Barling Magna in the Rochford district, in the county of Essex, England. It is located approximately 6 km northeast of Southend-on-Sea and is 29 km southeast from the county town of Chelmsford. Barling is situated 3½ miles north of Heavy Gun Battery.
Heavy Gun Battery
- Type: Bunker
- Categories: building and military installation
- Location: Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.52384° or 51° 31′ 26″ northLongitude
0.79032° or 0° 47′ 25″ eastOpen location code
9F32GQFR+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 432871951OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Cart and Wagon Shed and Garrison Church of St Peter and St Paul.
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