Isle of Sheppey

E37705
civil parish island

The Isle of Sheppey is a low-lying island off the northern coast of Kent in southeast England, known for its marshland landscapes, coastal wildlife habitats, and historic naval and aviation sites.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
island ⓘ
associatedWith Short Brothers ⓘ
early British aviation ⓘ
connectedByRoad A249 ⓘ
connectedTo mainland Kent by bridge ⓘ
contains Eastchurch ⓘ
Leysdown-on-Sea ⓘ
Minster ⓘ
Queenborough ⓘ
Sheerness Port ⓘ
surface form: Sheerness

Warden ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crossedBy Sheppey Crossing ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn North Sea ⓘ
Thames Estuary ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
nature-based recreation ⓘ
port operations ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature coastal wetlands ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
hasHistoricalSite Eastchurch airfield ⓘ
Muswell Manor ⓘ
Sheerness Port ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy dockyard at Sheerness

Sheerness Port ⓘ
surface form: Sheerness Dockyard
hasHistoricalUse aviation testing ground ⓘ
dockyard ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
hasLandscapeType low-lying ⓘ
marshland ⓘ
hasPort Sheerness Port ⓘ
surface form: Sheerness
hasProtectedArea Elmley National Nature Reserve ⓘ
Elmley National Nature Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Swale National Nature Reserve
hasProtectedStatus important bird area ⓘ
knownFor birdlife ⓘ
coastal wildlife habitats ⓘ
historic aviation sites ⓘ
historic naval sites ⓘ
largestTown Sheerness Port ⓘ
surface form: Sheerness
locatedIn England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Thames Estuary ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf north coast of Kent ⓘ
partOf Swale district ⓘ
separatedBy The Swale ⓘ
separatedFrom mainland Kent ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Eastchurch
Kent → contains → Isle of Sheppey ⓘ
historic county of Kent → contains → Isle of Sheppey ⓘ
Thames Estuary → hasIsland → Isle of Sheppey ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastchurch
Sheerness Port → locatedIn → Isle of Sheppey ⓘ
Medway Ports → locatedNear → Isle of Sheppey ⓘ
Sittingbourne → locatedNear → Isle of Sheppey ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastchurch airfield
RNAS Eastchurch → locatedOn → Isle of Sheppey ⓘ