Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road
Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road is a bunker in Leysdown, Swale District, England. Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road is situated nearby to the ruins Cold War anti-aircraft battery, as well as near the peak Capel Hill.- Type: Bunker
- Description: scheduled monument in England
- Also known as: “Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Isle of Sheppey and HM Prison Swaleside.
Isle of Sheppey
Photo: Scott Wylie, CC BY 2.0.
The Isle of Sheppey is a largely rural island off the northern coast of Kent, England, neighbouring the Thames Estuary. The whole north coast is dotted with caravan parks and holiday homes.
HM Prison Swaleside
Prison
Photo: Terryjoyce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HM Prison Swaleside is a Category B men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Swaleside forms part of the Sheppey prison cluster, which also includes HMP Elmley and HMP Standford Hill. HM Prison Swaleside is situated 1½ miles west of Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road.
HM Prison Standford Hill
Prison
Photo: Terryjoyce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HM Prison Standford Hill is a Category D men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Standford Hill forms part of the Sheppey prisons cluster, which also includes HMP Elmley and HMP Swaleside. HM Prison Standford Hill is situated 1½ miles west of Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bay View and Leysdown-on-Sea.
Bay View
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bay View is a hamlet in the civil parish of Leysdown, on the east side of the Isle of Sheppey in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 699.
Leysdown-on-Sea
Village
Leysdown-on-Sea is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Sheppey, in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 936. Leysdown-on-Sea is situated 1½ miles east of Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road.
Harty
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harty is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Leysdown, on the Isle of Sheppey, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It consists of a few cottages, a church and a public house, the Ferry Inn. Harty is situated 2½ miles south of Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road.
Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road
- Categories: anti-aircraft battery, building, and military installation
- Location: Leysdown, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.39254° or 51° 23′ 33″ northLongitude
0.88811° or 0° 53′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F329VVQ+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 60557529OpenStreetMap feature
building=bunkerOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunkerWikidata ID
Q122214300
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