Sheerness is a port town and civil parish 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 11,938, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster which has a population of 21,319.
Sheerness clock tower
View of Sheerness in the early 1700s; in the background is the fort with its prominent tower and gatehouse, in front of which is the dockyard.
Terraced houses near the seafront
Sheerness beach with the chimney of the Grain Power Station in the distance (since demolished in 2016).
The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, West Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles (113 km). About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in East Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent.
Medway at Gun Wharf, Chatham
Dusk at Lower Upnor on the Medway Estuary
Medieval bridge at Aylesford
Frindsbury Church above the former entrance to the Thames and Medway Canal