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Towns near Sheerness
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Queenborough
(1 Mile)*
Queenborough, with much to remind visitors of its long history as a seafaring town, is well worth exploring. In the High Street is the Guildhall on the site of an earlier courthouse captured by the Dutch in 1667. |
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Minster
(2 Miles)*
At Minster, the Isle of Sheppey's history is again brought to life at Minster abbey Gatehouse Museum, part of one of Kent's earliest Benedictine nunneries. |
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Grain
(2 Miles)*
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Port Victoria
(3 Miles)*
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Isle of Grain
(3 Miles)*
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Eastchurch
(4 Miles)*
Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey was itself once the home of the early pioneers of aviation. Lord Brabazon of Tara, holder of Pilot's Licence No.1, and the late Sir Winston Churchill were both taught to fly at the old Eastchurch aerodrome. |
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Elmley
(4 Miles)*
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Iwade
(5 Miles)*
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Allhallows
(5 Miles)*
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Milton Regis
(6 Miles)*
Milton Regis, a suburb of Sittingbourne, offers a tourist attraction with a difference. At Milton creek you will find an old sailing barge yard, which still carries out this type of work on a commercial basis. |
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Warden
(6 Miles)*
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Lower Halstow
(6 Miles)*
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Bobbing
(6 Miles)*
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Key Street
(6 Miles)*
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Stoke
(6 Miles)*
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