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The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England, neighbouring the Thames Estuary, centred 42 miles (68 km) from central London. It has an area of 36 square miles (93 km 2). The island forms part of the local government district of Swale. Sheppey is derived from Old English Sceapig, [1] meaning "Sheep Island".
Sheerness (/ ʃ ɪər ˈ n ɛ s /) is a port town and civil parish [2] [3] 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.
Elmley is the local name for the Isle of Elmley, in the civil parish of Minster-on-Sea, part of the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England.It was also the name of a very late 19th century industrial village on the isle.
The abbey today. Minster is a town on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, south-east England. It is in the Swale administrative district, and within that, in the parish of Minster-on-Sea. According to the 2021 Census, the population of Minster was 17,389.
Queenborough is a town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England. Queenborough is two miles (3 km) south of Sheerness. It grew as a port near the Thames Estuary at the westward entrance to the Swale where it joins the River Medway. It is in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey parliamentary constituency.
Halfway Houses is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in England. [1] 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.
Warden is a small settlement on the northeast coast of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, United Kingdom.The largest residential part of Warden is generally called Warden Bay.The place where the beach becomes inaccessible and the cliffs become prominent is generally referred to as Warden Point.
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. [1] The civil parish is Leysdown [2] and includes the settlements of Bay View, Shellness and Harty. In 2011 it had a population of 1,256. [3]