The Flats
The Flats is in Isle of Grain, Medway, England. The Flats is situated nearby to the village Grain, as well as near the locality Wallend.Places of Interest
Highlights include Garrison Point Fort and Grain Fort.
Garrison Point Fort
Castle
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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.
Grain Fort
Fort
Grain Fort is a former artillery fort located just east of the village of Grain, Kent. It was constructed in the 1860s to defend the confluence of the Rivers Medway and Thames during a period of tension with France.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheerness and Halfway Houses.
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.
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.
The Flats
- Type: Wetland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Isle of Grain, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4574° or 51° 27′ 27″ northLongitude
0.7282° or 0° 43′ 42″ eastOpen location code
9F32FP4H+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 798506256OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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