Rushenden
Rushenden is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, of approximately 500 dwellings.
Rushenden is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, of approximately 500 dwellings. It lies to the south of Queenborough. A railway spur line formerly passed through the village to a former wharf on the Swale, although this has now been removed to make way for part of the regeneration scheme.
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Worth seeing in and around Rushenden
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Queenborough Castle
Queenborough Castle, also known as Sheppey Castle, is a 14th-century castle, the remnants of which are in the town of Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent in England. The castle and the associated planned town were built on the orders of King Edward III from 1361 and named in honour his wife, Queen Philippa.
900 m · concentric castle in Queenborough, Swale, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Shed No. 78
Shed Number 78, Sheerness Dockyard is a disused industrial building at Sheerness Dockyard, on the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent. The building was constructed at the Royal Navy Dockyard in Sheerness in 1856–60, as a store for small boats and a warehouse.
3.9 km · building in Sheerness, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Town Hall
Queenborough Guildhall is a former municipal building in the High Street in Queenborough, Kent, England. The structure, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II listed building.
800 m · town hall in Queenborough, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Sheppey Crossing
The Sheppey Crossing is a bridge which carries the A249 road across the Swale, linking the Isle of Sheppey with the mainland of Kent. The four-lane crossing measures 21.5 m in width, at a height of 35 m over the water.
2.2 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rushenden
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 63 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 71 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 83 km
- Stations
- Queenborough railway station, 900 m · Sheerness-on-Sea railway station, 3.7 km · Swale railway station, 2.4 km · Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt railway station, 2.4 km · Port Victoria railway station, 3.6 km
- London → Rushenden61 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £7–10
- London, Essex → Rushenden61 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £7–10
- Luton, Luton → Rushenden96 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rushenden
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rushenden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Rushenden
- Sheernesstown on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England3.7 km
- Queenboroughtown and civil parish on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent, England1 km
- Iwadevillage in Kent, England, UK3.9 km
- Halfway Housesvillage in Kent, England, UK2.8 km
- Elmleyvillage in Kent, England, UK3.3 km