Grain Fort
Grain Fort is a fort at the mouth of the Medway, Kent. Its location is 100 m northeast of Grain. Our list has 35 more places within 15 km; first among them is Upnor Castle, at 14 km.
Fort near Grain
Just outside Grain
Grain Fort is 100 m northeast of Grain. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
In Grain the warm season is May to September, with highs of 18–23°C.
Grain Fort
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 4 languages.
- Type
- Fort
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 100 m northeast of Grain
Grain Fort on the map
Grain Fort sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
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Towns that list Grain Fort
Of these 5 towns, the largest is Sheerness (13,253 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Grain
Sheerness
Queenborough
Allhallows
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Grain Fort is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grain | 100 m southwest of it | 1,728 | 5 |
| Sheerness | 2 km southeast of it | 13,253 | 5 |
| Queenborough | 4.5 km southeast of it | 3,915 | 5 |
| Allhallows | 4.7 km west of it | 1,684 | 4 |
| Halfway Houses | 4.9 km southeast of it | 4,396 | 5 |
Next door to Grain Fort
Also close at hand are 3 castles, 2 forts and a pier, among 35 within 15 km.
Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle14 km away2
PierSouthend Pier7.3 km away3
Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle12 km away4
CastleQueenborough Castle5 km away5
Theme parkAdventure Island8.4 km away6
FortSlough Fort5.6 km away7
FortDummy Battery1 km away8
Art galleryBeecroft Art Gallery9.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Grain Fort in questions
Where is Grain Fort?
Grain Fort is 100 m northeast of Grain, Kent.
What is Grain Fort?
Fort at the mouth of the Medway, Kent, UK.
When is the best time to visit Grain Fort?
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 Grain Fort?
Within 15 km: Upnor Castle (14 km), Southend Pier (7.3 km), Hadleigh Castle (12 km) and Queenborough Castle (5 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)
- Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, 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
- Queenborough Castle: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slough Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dummy Battery: Phillip Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beecroft Art Gallery: H2g2bob, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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