If you are approaching from the South having traversed the Swale from it's Eastern entrance and passed under the lifting Kingsferry Bridge you will approach Queenborough from the opposite direction. You have now arrived and can seek a mooring. To starboard there lies a concrete barge. Beyond this on your port hand side a red buoy (Fl.R.3s) marks the end of the old hard and the start of the buoyed channel to Queenborough Creek. These need be left on your port side as there is much foul ground inside of them.īy now you will be seeing heavy moorings on the starboard side, and the newish All Tide Landing jetty on your port side (lit by two fixed red light(vert)). The first northerly one shows Q.R, the second one shows Fl.R.4s. Heading south from here you will see Dolphin structures sticking out from the Eastern Shore. At high water springs you will appear to be within a large expanse of water, but not so. This needs to be left close to your starboard side. The entrance to the Swale is marked by the Queenborough Spit Pillar Buoy, which is an easterly Cardinal (VQ(3)10s).
The point is Sheerness will have to be passed to reach the western entrance to the Swale and due caution is required. Sheerness itself is a big ship harbour and tugs are often in use pulling ships off the dock. The approaches to the Medway and Sheerness are covered in a different article, the main thing of note is that the whole entrance to the Medway can get very busy with shipping. The approach to Queenborough is made after entering the River Medway at Sheerness. It is beyond the scope of this article to cover pilotage of The Swale. If planning to continue along the Swale towards it's eastern entrance near Whitstable, be aware that you have to negotiate a lifting bridge. This western entrance to the Swale is used by sizeable coasters, therefore it is important to keep the deepwater channel clear for them. Tucked away out of sight, a drying creek is home to many local workboats etc.įor the visitor Queenborough can supply basic provisioning needs, and a couple of choices for eating and drinking, together with a friendly yacht club, and some local chandlery. Beforehand landing had to be made on a rather long and slippery hard. The new addition of a floating jetty to enable a clean landing is to be applauded, as are the provisions of some visitors moorings.
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New Plans 2018 They have put out another seven mooring buoys this winter and have plans for another 60 over the next two years (2018/19) They also hope to support the walkway with pilings and install fingers there for drying moorings. They have already moved the Harbour Office from the Town Quay out to Crundell's Wharf (at the end of the All Tide Landing Pontoon) but maintain the same telephone number 01795 662051. This is a "not for profit" organisation with a remit to develop and run the facilities for the benefit of both the local community and maritime users and has various plans afoot to improve/refurbish the existing facilities. The management of Queensborough Harbour Moorings was taken over from the Council by the Queensborough Harbour Trust in April 2012. If on passage up the Thames, it can provide a very useful stopping place without making too much of a detour. Regular forays are made from the Benfleet/Southend areas across the Thames estuary to spend a Saturday night tucked up at Queenborough. Positioned as it is near the western mouth of the Swale it has proved very popular with yachtsman and motorboaters for an overnight stop.
The town was once an important crossroads for shipping using the now defunct and silted up channels that enabled them to get to Sandwich and Dover via an "inland" route.(see history section). It is reputed that Admiral Nelson kept a house here with his mistress Lady Hamilton. Queenborough is a small old town that perhaps has seen better days.
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