Old Rides
Old Rides is a power station in Eastchurch, Swale District, England. Old Rides is situated nearby to the peak Capel Hill, as well as near Pump Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HM Prison Swaleside and HM Prison Standford Hill.
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 4,200 feet west of Old Rides.
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 1 mile west of Old Rides.
HM Prison Elmley
Prison
Photo: Terryjoyce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HM Prison Elmley is a local Category B/C men's prison, located close to the village of Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. The term 'local' means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts. HM Prison Elmley is situated 1 mile west of Old Rides.
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 2 miles east of Old Rides.
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 southeast of Old Rides.
Old Rides
- Type: Power station
- Category: industry
- Location: Eastchurch, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.39249° or 51° 23′ 33″ northLongitude
0.87149° or 0° 52′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F329VRC+XHOpenStreetMap ID
way 702988021OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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Highlights include Capel Hill and Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road.
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