Cockleshell Hard
Cockleshell Hard is a beach in Isle of Grain, Medway, England. Cockleshell Hard is situated nearby to the pier Jetty 10, as well as near the power station Grain CHP.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dummy Battery and Medway Power Station.
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 1 mile north of Cockleshell Hard.
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 1 mile west of Cockleshell Hard.
Grain Tower
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built along the same lines as the Martello towers that were constructed along the British and Irish coastlines in the early 19th century and is the last-built example of a gun tower of this type. Grain Tower is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Cockleshell Hard.
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 1½ miles east of Cockleshell Hard.
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 2 miles east of Cockleshell Hard.
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 2½ miles southeast of Cockleshell Hard.
Cockleshell Hard
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Isle of Grain, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.43686° or 51° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
0.7156° or 0° 42′ 56″ eastOpen location code
9F32CPP8+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 744495584OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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