Sheppey

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Sheppey

(ˈʃɛpɪ)
n
(Placename) Isle of Sheppey 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: 37 852 (2001 est). Area: 80 sq km (30 sq miles)
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The food is prepared at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, taken next door to HMP Standford Hill.
Seashells Children and Families Centre in Sheerness, on the isle of Sheppey, offers families a range of services, classes and workshops that support and change lives.
Sheppey and Canvey are islands in which English river estuary?
M2 EQUITYBITES-December 30, 2016-LXB Retail Properties Sells Sheppey, UK Retail Park
They include Tina, who is struggling to cope on the Isle Sheppey in Kent - despite kicking her heroin habit, she is now finding life on the island tough thanks to her mobility problems.
They include Tina, who is struggling to cope on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent - despite kicking her heroin habit, she is now finding life on the island tough thanks to her mobility problems.
The emergency at Elmley jail on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was sparked after prison officers discovered the package by a wall.
MULTIPLE vehicle accidents such as the pile-up on the Isle of Sheppey crossing could be mitigated or avoided altogether with the widespread use of new automatic braking technologies.
Eight people were seriously injured and 35 are in hospital following the crash on the new Sheppey crossing bridge in Kent, which started at around 7.15am yesterday - and continued for 10 minutes as cars and lorries crashed into each other in visibility down to 25 yards with many having narrow escapes.
The car crash, which occurred on the new Sheppey crossing bridge on the A249 in Kent early Thursday, reportedly went on for 10 minutes as cars continuously collided with each other.
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.
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