Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England

E91413

airfield civil parish village

Eastchurch, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England, is a village historically significant as an early center of British aviation and naval air training.

Aliases (2)

Eastchurch ×36
Eastchurch airfield ×9

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airfield → civil parish → village →
administrativeCounty	Kent →
associatedWith	Royal Aero Club → Royal Aero Club → Short Brothers → Short Brothers →
category	Aviation history of the United Kingdom → Civil parishes in Kent → Isle of Sheppey → Villages in Kent →
ceremonialCounty	Kent →
country	England → England →
governingBody	Swale Borough Council →
hasDialCode	01795 →
hasFeature	Eastchurch airfield → HM Prison Elmley → HM Prison Standford Hill → HM Prison Swaleside →
hasLandmark	All Saints Church, Eastchurch → Eastchurch Aviation Memorial → Eastchurch War Memorial →
hasPostcodeArea	ME →
hasPostcodeDistrict	ME12 →
hasPostTown	Sheerness →
historicalSignificance	early centre of British aviation → early centre of naval air training →
historicalUse	Royal Air Force station → Royal Flying Corps station → Royal Navy air station →
locatedIn	Borough of Swale → Eastchurch → Isle of Sheppey → Kent → South East England → United Kingdom →
locatedOn	Isle of Sheppey →
nearbySettlement	Leysdown-on-Sea → Minster-on-Sea → Sheerness →
OSGridReference	TQ9970 →
parliamentaryConstituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey →
region	South East England →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
RNAS Eastchurch →	location