Grid reference TQ9374
near to Sheerness, Kent, England
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The Ship & Shore, Sheerness
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Entrance, CYC Coastal Club
CYC stands for 'Cataraman Yacht Club' but it has devolved its sailing activities to the Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club and turned itself into a chalet park. The site was formerly the nineteenth century Barton's Point Battery.... (more)
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Rocks at Barton's Point, Sheppey
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Esplanade Ramp, Cheyney Rock
The ramp beside the sea wall promenade allows boats to access the sea and beach.
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Barton's Point Coastal Park
There was a battery here, completed in 1890, and the associated basin, connecting with Queenborough Lines, is now used as a boating lake. The ditches were presumably to help drain this rather marshy land.
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Queenborough Lines, Barton’s Point end
The Queenborough Lines consists of a simple earthen rampart with a wide ditch in front. The fortifications were built 1863-1868 to protect Sheerness dockyard from land attack and are the last earthwork defensive line constructed in the... (more)
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Barton's Point Coastal Park
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View across lake at Barton's Point Coastal Park
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Sea Defensive Wall, Sheerness
This wall runs for a considerable distance at Sheerness. It is not a pretty sight from below, though presumably it is effective.
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Esplanade & Cycle Path Near Sheerness
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Holiday village at Barton's Point
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Beach near Barton's Point
A very high sea wall has to be climbed over from Marine Parade to reach this stretch of beach opposite the Ship On Shore pub. Barton's Point is in the distance.
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