Museums · South East England
Blue Town
In or near Tonge.
Blue Town is a suburb of the town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It sits on the A249 Brielle Way which runs from Queenborough to Sheerness. It sits just outside the dockyard wall which
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Sheerness-on-Sea · 0.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Blue Town is a suburb of the town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It sits on the A249 Brielle Way which runs from Queenborough to Sheerness. It sits just outside the dockyard wall which marks the boundary of Sheerness proper and today is largely industrial in nature.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Medway Estuary and Marshes SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Blue Town is a suburb of the town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It sits on the A249 Brielle Way which runs from Queenborough to Sheerness. It sits just outside the dockyard wall which marks the boundary of Sheerness proper and today is largely industrial in nature.
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Background
History
Blue Town grew up alongside the Naval Dock Yard during the Napoleonic Wars and gained its distinctive name from the practice of the earliest inhabitants to preserve their wooden houses using blue paint “liberated” from their employers in the dock yard. It began as a small self-contained community built on a very damp and wet place reclaimed out of the marshes. It was a very confined area, a dense triangle of houses and alleyways compressed between the dockyard wall and Well Marsh, and was prone to both flood and fire. At one point separated from Sheerness fort by a moat and drawbridge, the area was enclosed by an earthwork bastioned trace at the end of the 18th century amid growing fears of…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4417, 0.7500
- County
- Kent
- District
- Swale
- Parish
- Sheerness
- Postcode
- ME12 1TE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Nearest railway station
- Sheerness-on-Sea — 0.6 km
Sources
- wikipedia: Blue Town (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Blue Town?
- Blue Town is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode ME12 1TE), in the parish of Sheerness.
- What is Blue Town?
- Blue Town is a suburb of the town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It sits on the A249 Brielle Way which runs from Queenborough to Sheerness. It sits just outside the dockyard wall which
- How do I get to Blue Town?
- The nearest railway station is Sheerness-on-Sea, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode ME12 1TE.
- Is Blue Town a protected site?
- Yes — Blue Town is part of the Medway Estuary and Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Blue Town?
- The nearest railway station is Sheerness-on-Sea, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode ME12 1TE.