Medway Power Station
Medway Power Station is a 700 megawatts gas-fired power station on the Isle of Grain in Medway next to the River Medway.
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Sittingbourne is an industrial town situated in the Swale district of Kent in south east England, 17 miles (27 km) from Canterbury and 45 miles (72 km) from London. The town sits beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient British trackway used by the Romans and the Ango-Saxons and next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey. The town became prominent after the death of Thomas Beckett in 1170, since it provided a convenient resting point on the road from London to Canterbury and Dover.
Population: 41,148
Latitude: 51° 20' 28.61" N
Longitude: 0° 43' 58.15" E
Articles of interest in Sittingbourne
516 Articles of interest near Sittingbourne, United Kingdom
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Maidstone Hospital (officially known as Maidstone District General Hospital) is a hospital in Barming, Maidstone, England.
Loose Stream
The Loose Stream sometimes called the River Loose or Langley Stream is a tributary of the River Medway notable for the number of watermills that it powered in its short length. It rises in Langley, flows through Boughton Monchelsea, Loose and enters…
Kingsferry Bridge
The Kingsferry Bridge is a combined road and railway vertical-lift bridge connecting the Isle of Sheppey to Kent in South East England. It was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, and built by John Howard, with Dorman Long and Sir William Arrol & Co.…
Herne Bay Museum and Gallery
Herne Bay Museum and Gallery is a local museum in Herne Bay, Kent, England. It was established in 1932 and is notable for being a seaside tourist attraction featuring local archaeological and social history, for featuring the history of the town as …
Gillingham Fair fire disaster
The Gillingham Fair fire disaster (also known as the Fireman's Wedding disaster) took place on 11 July 1929 in Gillingham, Kent, England, when a firefighting demonstration went wrong, and resulted in the deaths of 15 men and boys.
Gad's Hill School
Gad's Hill School in Kent, England, was formerly Gads Hill Place, the country home of Charles Dickens.
Damhead Creek power station
Damhead Creek power station is a 792 MWe gas-fired power station in Kent, England, on the Hoo Peninsula.
HM Prison Cookham Wood
HM Prison Cookham Wood is a male juveniles' prison and Young Offenders Institution in the village of Borstal (near Rochester) in Kent, England.
City of Rochester-upon-Medway
Rochester-upon-Medway was a local government district in north Kent, England from 1974 to 1998.
Addington, Kent
Addington is a village in the English county of Kent close to the M20 motorway between Wrotham Heath and West Malling. It was known as Eddintune in the Domesday Book. The meaning of Addington is Æddi's (or Eadda's) estate. Addington is notable for A…
A228 road
The A228 road is an important transport artery in Kent, England. It begins at the Isle of Grain and runs in a south-westerly direction to connect eventually with the A21 trunk road at Pembury. It serves existing communities and new and proposed hous…
Wrotham transmitting station
The Wrotham transmitting station is located on the North Downs, close to the village of Wrotham in Kent, England and just north of the M20 motorway. Its National Grid Reference is TQ595604.
Two Tree Island
Two Tree Island, 257 hectares (640 acres), lies north-east of Canvey Island and south-west of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England.
Tilbury Riverside railway station
Tilbury Riverside railway station is a closed railway station which was located in the town of Tilbury in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, south of a triangular junction on the railway between Tilbury Town and East Ti…
Stour watermills
The River Stour has been used for centuries as a source of power. Many different processes were performed by the use of water power:- Corn milling, fulling, paper making and electricity generation. Many of the mills survive today as house conversion…
Southend East railway station
Southend East is a railway station in Southend-on-Sea, England, on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway which was opened on 18 July 1932. It has two through platforms, Platform 1 for trains to London Fenchurch Street and Platform 2 for trains to…
Sheerness-on-Sea railway station
Sheerness-on-Sea railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Sheerness.