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Sheppey

Isle of. an island in SE England, off the N coast of Kent in the Thames estuary: separated from the mainland by The Swale, a narrow channel. Chief towns: Sheerness, Minster. Pop.: 31 854 (latest est.). Area: 80 sq. km (30 sq. miles)
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Ashcroft Coast Holiday Park - Isle of Sheppey Service Charge PS7.25 pupn.
London, Shawwal 29, 1434, Sep 5, 2013, SPA -- More than 100 cars were involved in a pile-up during foggy conditions Thursday on a bridge linking the southern English county of Kent with the Isle of Sheppey, police said.
The disaster, just off the coast of the Isle of Sheppey half a mile out from the village of Leysdown-on-Sea, triggered a national outpouring of grief.
The Sheerness lifeboat and the Thames Coastguard went to assist the lost sailor when his motor cruiser ran aground off the Elmley Marshes on the Isle of Sheppey off the Kent coast on April 19.
Which major seaport is situated on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent?
Baxter, a prolific winner of minor events and coming to Bolton full of confidence after reaching the Isle of Sheppey Classic final, is no 4-1 shot in a best-of-15 leg shootout at the chaotic Reebok.
In Whitstable, Kent, in 2004, Sea Scouts helped Stevenson launch and (unsuccessfully) try to sail his raft to the Isle of Sheppey. (Writer Jeremy Millar made a beautiful video of the event; Alice Maude-Roxby took photographs.) The project was acquired by the German group of collectors Twodo; later this year in Aachen they will officially receive and break up the raft, using an imposingly cumbersome ceremonial saw (also shown here).
Our winners will have the pick of great destinations like Bideford Bay in Devon, the Isle of Wight, Great Yarmouth, the Isle of Sheppey or three resorts in Wales.
Michael Hahn, 36, from Bristol, Patrick Doherty, 44, from Leysdown, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, and Michael Cole, 39, from Walworth, London, were charged with importing class A and B drugs.
Six men and a woman were questioned after police seized two holdalls of class A drugs as they were being taken off the aircraft at Leysdown, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
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