Southend On Sea To Sheerness

[fruitsalad]

How far is Sheerness in Kent from Southend on Sea, one website is telling me its 1 hour 30 minutes away then another is telling me 7.5 miles it wouldn't take me 1 and half hours to drive 7.5 miles..very confused

[bhg481]

Probably 7.5 miles as the crow flies but the Thames Estuary is between them, so you have a long road trip.

[baza]

Can you still get those amphi cars that go on roads and water ?

[Minkyme]

I’d avoid amphibious cars after a few years ago all over the news they were known to spontaneously combust and sink

[ToraToraTora]

it's 62.5 miles, by road:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Southend-on-Sea/Sheerness/@51.4562437,0.3629391,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x47d8c4058575353d:0xacaa602a86fa432b!2m2!1d0.7077123!2d51.5459269!1m5!1m1!1s0x47d8d5fd673a9139:0xb08db03282ac83a7!2m2!1d0.764158!2d51.44011!3e0
90 mins seems about right.

[Barmaid]

It's not getting confused with Shoeburyness is it?

[baza]

Shoeburyness is part of Southend borough, as to the distance about 3 miles is about right.
Time wise to travel by road you need to factor in queue delays for the Dartford crossing.

[New Judge]

Yes you would have to travel along the A13 to the Dartford Crossing and then down the A2/A249 to Sheerness.

There has been a passenger ferry running from Southend to Sheppey since May but I'm not sure how it got on following its somewhat disastrous maiden voyage:

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/ferry-firm-in-hot-water-after-launch-disaster-183708/

There is also a ferry service from Tilbury to Gravesend:

https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/ferry-services/tilbury-to-gravesend-ferry-service

Both these services carry only foot passengers

[fruitsalad]

Thank you