Garrison Point Fort
Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Built in the 1860s in response to concerns about a possible French invasion, it was the last in a series of artillery batteries that had existed on the site since the mid-16th century.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Castle
- Description: fort in Sheerness, Kent, England, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sheerness Lifeboat Station and Sheerness-on-Sea railway station.
Sheerness Lifeboat Station
Building
Sheerness Lifeboat Station is strategically located at Garrison Point in Sheerness Dockyard, in Sheerness, a town on the Isle of Sheppey, sitting at the mouth of the River Medway, and overlooking the Thames estuary, on the north coast of the county of Kent.
Sheerness-on-Sea railway station
Railway station
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness. It is 51 miles 19 chains down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern. Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Garrison Point Fort.
Red Lion Public House
Pub
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Red Lion Public House is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Garrison Point 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.
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.
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 2 miles southeast of Garrison Point Fort.
Garrison Point Fort
- Categories: fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.44667° or 51° 26′ 48″ northLongitude
0.74469° or 0° 44′ 41″ eastOpen location code
9F32CPWV+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 60770033OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5524054
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Garrison Point Fort” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “加里森點堡壘”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جاريسون بوينت فورت”
- German: “Garrison Point Fort”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dockyard Church and Sheppey College.
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