Sheerness

Sheerness is a town located 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 13,000 it is the largest town on the island.

Sheerness began as a fort built in the 16th century to protect the River Medway from naval invasion. In 1665, plans were first laid by the Navy Board for a Royal Navy dockyard where warships might be provisioned and repaired, a site favoured by Samuel Pepys, then Clerk of the Acts of the navy, for shipbuilding over Chatham. After the raid on the Medway in 1667, the older fortification was strengthened; in 1669 a Royal Navy dockyard was established in the town, where warships were stocked and repaired until its closure in 1960.

Beginning with the construction of a pier and a promenade in the 19th century, Sheerness acquired the added attractions of a seaside resort. Industry retains its important place in the town and the Port of Sheerness is one of the United Kingdom's leading car and fresh produce importers. The town is the site of one of the UK's first co-operative societies and also of the world's first multi-storey building with a rigid metal frame.

Local authority: Swale Borough Council

OS Grid Reference: TQ919749

Things to see and do in and around Sheerness

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Weather

Forecast for Friday 14 December

06:00

Chance of rain	15%
Max temp.	3°C
(feels like	1°C)
Wind 1mph, gusting to 1mph.	NNE
Pressure	1022
Humidity	74%
UV Index	n/a
Air Quality

09:00

Chance of rain	75%
Max temp.	3°C
(feels like	0°C)
Wind 1mph, gusting to 2mph.	WNW
Pressure	1023
Humidity	83%
UV Index
Air Quality

12:00

Chance of rain	12%
Max temp.	3°C
(feels like	1°C)
Wind 2mph, gusting to 3mph.	S
Pressure	1023
Humidity	74%
UV Index
Air Quality

15:00

Chance of rain	8%
Max temp.	3°C
(feels like	1°C)
Wind 1mph, gusting to 2mph.	SE
Pressure	1024
Humidity	77%
UV Index
Air Quality

18:00

Chance of rain	9%
Max temp.	2°C
(feels like	0°C)
Wind 1mph, gusting to 2mph.	S
Pressure	1024
Humidity	85%
UV Index	n/a
Air Quality

21:00

Chance of rain	5%
Max temp.	2°C
(feels like	-2°C)
Wind 2mph, gusting to 4mph.	SSE
Pressure	1025
Humidity	86%
UV Index	n/a
Air Quality

Accomodation in and around Sheerness

Hotels, guest houses and B&Bs

• Queen Phillippa

  
  Situated close to the centre of Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey, Queen Phillippa offers high quality bed and breakfast accommodation. Free parking is possible on site, and free WiFi is accessible throughout. Details...

• The Shurland Hotel

  This traditional 19th-century pub is situated in Eastchurch, 6 miles from the coast at Sheerness and walking distance from Shurland Hall. The public bar hosts frequent live music and entertainment. Details...

• Roslin Beach Hotel

  
  With lovely views of the Thames Estuary, this Southend-on-Sea hotel offers free Wi-Fi, fitness facilities, treatment rooms, and free parking. The hotel restaurant serves fresh ingredients and produce from the hotel's farm. Details...

• Guest House The Beaches

  With scenic sea views, Guest House The Beaches is located in Southend-on-Sea. Free WiFi access is available, as well as free on-street parking. Each room here will provide you with a TV and satellite channels. Details...

• Pebbles Guest House

  
  Situated on Eastern Esplanade, overlooking Southend Beach, Pebbles Guest House offers wonderful sea views and cooked breakfasts. There is free parking, free Wi-Fi and a sun terrace. Details...

• The Waverley

  
  Situated on Eastern Esplanade, overlooking the Thames Estuary, The Waverley offers free parking and free Wi-Fi. With sea views and cooked breakfasts, the hotel has bedrooms with flat-screen TVs. Details...

Self-catering

• Tower Apartment No. 1

  Tower Apartment No. 1 is a beautiful, lower ground floor apartment in Southend-on-Sea that can sleep four people. The apartment has a king-size double bedroom with an en-suite shower room, a king-size double bedroom with French doors to the enclosed courtyard garden and steps up to the private parking bay, a shower room, an open plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area and a snug with a double sofa bed. Details...

• Tower Apartment No. 3

  Tower Apartment No. 3 is a wonderful apartment in Southend-on-Sea and can sleep two people. The apartment has a king-size double bedroom with an en-suite shower room and an open plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area. Details...

• Manor Farmhouse

  Manor Farmhouse is made up of three separate self-contained cottages in the Kent village of Milstead. The cottages sleep eighteen people in ten bedrooms and eight bathrooms. Each cottage has a kitchen and a sitting room (one with woodburners) and there are also a sauna, a snooker table and an outdoor heated swimming pool. Details...

• 15 Stone Street

  15 Stone Street is an immaculately presented terrace cottage in Faversham, superbly located within a short walk of the popular Royal Cinema and can sleep six people. The cottage is set over three floors and has a king-size double bedroom, a twin bedroom, a double bedroom on the lower ground floor, a bathroom, a lower ground floor basin and WC, a kitchen, a dining room, a sitting room with a multi-fuel stove and a lower ground floor snug with a door to the garden. Details...

• 51 Sydenham Street

  51 Sydenham Street is a terraced fisherman's cottage in the Kent coastal town of Whitstable. The cottage sleeps six people and has two single bedrooms and two doubles (one with an ensuite) and a family bathroom. Details...

• Shepherd’s Farm Cottage

  Shepherd's Farm Cottage is a delightful, detached barn conversion situated in a rural position in the rural village of Lenham Heath in Kent. Set entirely across the ground floor, with two bedrooms, one double and one twin, this cottage can sleep four people. Details...

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