Queshe two

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Quieter, greener and more off-road than QueShe 1. It doesn't go alongside busy industrial Brielle Way. Uses less of the long alley called Queenborough Wall between Brielle Way and the shorefront and a quieter attractive road through Queenborough.

Queenborough high street and riverside have some historic buildings from the 18th-century fishing harbour heyday and a pretty medieval church. The next stretch is along the shore line, looking across the Swale towards marshland and then across the Medway to the container port on the Isle of Grain. The path then turns inland and there's a half mile stretch along a wide alley in between the seawall and an industrial mega-carpark. The first turning off this alley takes you over a busy road and a railway line, a couple of minutes on quiet streets and then into a linear park called "The Fleet" which is a broad pathway beside a reedbed lined land drain called... the Fleet. From the end of that park it is a short hop on quiet streets to Sheerness train station following the bike route signs.

If you start from Sheerness the entry to "The Fleet" from Medway Rd is slightly disguised as a gap in a row of blue-doored garages. But look closer and there is a slightly hidden fingerpost and an entrance arch beyond.

This route is easy to navigate, traffic-free most of the way and low traffic for the remainder. Between Brielle Way, through the park and to Sheerness station is a cycle route, so you can just follow the signs.

It's a short route but there is a bus stop where it crosses Brielle Way if you need an escape plan. No idea about bus availability, although they do take contactless cards. Train stations and choices of places to eat etc at either end.

The coastal section near Queenborough is clearly lashed by waves and winds at times, probably best avoid it and the alley during "exceptional weather events". The rest of the route is on dry land and the entire route is paved. There is a shallow ramped footbridge within the seawall alley section and there are shallow sloping steps over the railway footbridge, otherwise this route is almost flat. The "Queenborough Wall" section from Brielle Way to the shore is between high walls and fences, pretty isolated and possibly unlit. There is a short cut between the rail footbridge and the Brielle Way footpath turnoff, the small loop is to use the light-controlled crossing

Quieter, greener and more off-road than QueShe 1. It doesn't go alongside busy industrial Brielle Way. Uses less of the long alley called Queenborough Wall between Brielle Way and the shorefront and a quieter attractive road through Queenborough.

Queenborough high street and riverside have some historic buildings from the 18th-century fishing harbour heyday and a pretty medieval church. The next stretch is along the shore line, looking across the Swale towards marshland and then across the Medway to the container port on the Isle of Grain. The path then turns inland and there's a half mile stretch along a wide alley in between the seawall and an industrial mega-carpark. The first turning off this alley takes you over a busy road and a railway line, a couple of minutes on quiet streets and then into a linear park called "The Fleet" which is a broad pathway beside a reedbed lined land drain called... the Fleet. From the end of that park it is a short hop on quiet streets to Sheerness train station following the bike route signs.

If you start from Sheerness the entry to "The Fleet" from Medway Rd is slightly disguised as a gap in a row of blue-doored garages. But look closer and there is a slightly hidden fingerpost and an entrance arch beyond.

This route is easy to navigate, traffic-free most of the way and low traffic for the remainder. Between Brielle Way, through the park and to Sheerness station is a cycle route, so you can just follow the signs.

It's a short route but there is a bus stop where it crosses Brielle Way if you need an escape plan. No idea about bus availability, although they do take contactless cards. Train stations and choices of places to eat etc at either end.

The coastal section near Queenborough is clearly lashed by waves and winds at times, probably best avoid it and the alley during "exceptional weather events". The rest of the route is on dry land and the entire route is paved. There is a shallow ramped footbridge within the seawall alley section and there are shallow sloping steps over the railway footbridge, otherwise this route is almost flat. The "Queenborough Wall" section from Brielle Way to the shore is between high walls and fences, pretty isolated and possibly unlit. There is a short cut between the rail footbridge and the Brielle Way footpath turnoff, the small loop is to use the light-controlled crossing