Harty
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Harty is a small hamlet on the Isle of Sheppey
in Kent
consisting of a few cottages, a church and a public house, The Ferry Inn. The church has no electricity or running water and dates from the 11th century.
Historically, Harty was the northern terminus of the Harty Ferry, which ran between the then Isle of Harty, and the mainland; hence the name of the local public house. The southern, mainland terminus, was close to the villages of Oare and Uplees. Today the remains of the southern jetty are on the coast of the Oare Marshes nature reserve. A small cluster of buildings close by still bear the name Harty Ferry Cottages.
Harty is a few minutes walk from The Swale National Nature Reserve. Public footpaths run from Harty, along to southern extent of the Reserve to the Hamlet of Shellness, and back, around the Reserve's northern perimeter, to Harty.
Isle of Sheppey
The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary, some to the east of London. It has an area of . The island forms part of the local government district of Swale...
in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
consisting of a few cottages, a church and a public house, The Ferry Inn. The church has no electricity or running water and dates from the 11th century.
Historically, Harty was the northern terminus of the Harty Ferry, which ran between the then Isle of Harty, and the mainland; hence the name of the local public house. The southern, mainland terminus, was close to the villages of Oare and Uplees. Today the remains of the southern jetty are on the coast of the Oare Marshes nature reserve. A small cluster of buildings close by still bear the name Harty Ferry Cottages.
Harty is a few minutes walk from The Swale National Nature Reserve. Public footpaths run from Harty, along to southern extent of the Reserve to the Hamlet of Shellness, and back, around the Reserve's northern perimeter, to Harty.