Beaches · South East England
Cockleshell Hard
Also known as: The Cockleshell Heroes
Cockleshell Hard is a beach in the United Kingdom.
Richard Dorrell — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Summer (Jun–Aug)
- Nearest railway station
- Sheerness-on-Sea · 3.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Cockleshell Hard is a beach on the coast of South-East England. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, and is a Ramsar wetland of international importance. It sits within the Rochester and Strood parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Sheerness-on-Sea, about 3.0 km away. Postcode area ME3.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Medway Estuary and Marshes SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: South Thames Estuary and Marshes SSSI
- Ramsar wetland: Medway Estuary & Marshes
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Cockleshell Heroes is a 1955 British Technicolor war film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Christopher Lee, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal Marines Commandos, who infiltrated Bordeaux Harbour using folding kayaks. It was the first Warwick Film to be filmed in CinemaScope. The producer, Cubby Broccoli, went on to produce films about a famous fictional commander of the Royal Navy in the James Bond franchise. It was one of the top British box office hits of 1956.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.4369, 0.7156
- District
- Medway
- Parish
- Isle of Grain
- Postcode
- ME3 0AR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Nearest railway station
- Sheerness-on-Sea — 3 km
- Official site
- archive.org
Sources
- osm: w744495584 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: The Cockleshell Heroes (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cockleshell Hard?
- Cockleshell Hard is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode ME3 0AR), in the parish of Isle of Grain.
- Is Cockleshell Hard a protected site?
- Yes — Cockleshell Hard is part of the Medway Estuary and Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the South Thames Estuary and Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Cockleshell Hard free to visit?
- Yes, Cockleshell Hard is free to enter.
- How do I get to Cockleshell Hard?
- The nearest railway station is Sheerness-on-Sea, about 3.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode ME3 0AR.