Isle of Grain
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For the peninsula sometimes referred to as the Isle of Grain, see Hoo Peninsula.
Isle of Grain (Old English Greon, meaning gravel) is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent, south-east England.[2] No longer an island and now forming part of the peninsula, the area is almost all marshland and is a major habitat for diverse wetland birds.[3] The village constitutes a civil parish, which at the 2011 census had a population of 1,648,[1] a net decrease of 83 people in 10 years.
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Isle of Grain | |
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St James Church | |
Location within Kent | |
Population | 1,648 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TQ8876 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ROCHESTER |
Postcode district | ME3 |
Dialling code | 01634 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
51.4554°N 0.7156°E / 51.4554; 0.7156 |
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