Dummy Battery
Dummy Battery is a disused gun battery. Find it 100 m southeast of Grain. A short trip away is Grain Fort, 1 km off, the first of 39 within 15 km.
Fort near Grain
Just outside Grain
Dummy Battery is 100 m southeast of Grain. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Grain.
Dummy Battery
Disused gun battery in Kent, England.
- Type
- Fort
- Town
- 100 m southeast of Grain
Where it sits
Dummy Battery sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from Dummy Battery
With 13,253 people, Sheerness is the largest of the 4. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Grain
Sheerness
Queenborough
Halfway Houses
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Dummy Battery is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grain | 100 m northwest of it | 1,728 | 5 |
| Sheerness | 1.4 km southeast of it | 13,253 | 5 |
| Queenborough | 3.5 km southeast of it | 3,915 | 5 |
| Halfway Houses | 4.2 km southeast of it | 4,396 | 5 |
Other places close by
Our list has 39 more within 15 km, among them 3 castles, 2 forts and a pier.
Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle14 km away3
CastleQueenborough Castle4 km away4
PierSouthend Pier8.3 km away5
Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle13 km away6
Theme parkAdventure Island9.4 km away7
FortSlough Fort6.2 km away8
Historic shipHMS Cavalier15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Dummy Battery: what to know
Where is Dummy Battery?
Dummy Battery is 100 m southeast of Grain, Kent.
What is Dummy Battery?
Disused gun battery in Kent, England.
When is the best time to visit Dummy Battery?
May to September are the warmest months in Grain, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Dummy Battery?
Within 15 km: Grain Fort (1 km), Upnor Castle (14 km), Queenborough Castle (4 km) and Southend Pier (8.3 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Dummy Battery: Phillip Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queenborough Castle: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Southend Pier: Southend_Pier_Autumn_2007.jpg: Damian Dukarski The original uploader was Dammmmian at English Wikipedia. derivative work: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hadleigh Castle: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slough Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Cavalier: en:User:Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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