View of Whitstable from Leysdown-on-sea, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent


Leysdown-on-Sea is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Sheppey in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 936. The civil parish is Leysdown and includes the settlements of Bay View, Shellness and Harty. In 2011 it had a population of 1,256. eysdown is located a mile to the SSE of Warden and three miles to the ESE of Eastchurch. To the SSE lies the hamlet of Shellness and to the southwest is an area of marshland known as the Leysdown marshes. The island is located partly in The Swale and partly in the North Sea with a shingle beach and mudflats extending out to sea. It is recommended in the 2009 Good Beach Guide. Leysdown was used as a filming location for the Channel 4/Netflix black comedy The End of the F***ing World. It was also the location for the Orbital and Sleaford Mods video for 'Dirty Rat'.


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Location: Leysdown-on-Sea, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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