Bee Ness Jetty

The Bee Ness jetty was part of the Berry Wiggins & Co Oil refinery, formed in 1922 to supply bitumen (asphalt). By 1924 the company was producing bitumen from a plant at Sharnal Street on the Isle of Grain and in 1929 the company expanded, becoming a public company with premises at several locations including Manchester and Stratford. The 323 acres the company purchased at Kingsnorth included a number of buildings that were formerly part of the RAF Kingsnorth base which closed in 1920. This included a jetty used to deliver crude oil although it wasn’t used for long as the company built Bee Ness Jetty which was opened in 1937. Stretching out for over 2.5km into the River Medway, this makes the jetty the longest in Britain.

Very easy to explore although I wouldn't want to walk along it! Even taking a step onto the start it, the boards seemed to be loose. Further along the jetty splits at several points. At the very end there is a platform which is cut off which has two cranes on it. More info and pics here: Bee Ness Jetty - Beyond the Point

Firstly welcome to the forum. Secondly for some reason I really love that! Thanks for posting it.

That a bit different, I liked it, Welcome to the forum Joe, Thanks

Nice one Joe. Not seen you about for years!

Very nice. Looks a bit dodgy to walk on.

Very nice,this might be of interest

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Really interesting first post. Welcome to DP!

First class report,think it would take a brave man to walk the plank!!

flyboys90 said:

First class report,think it would take a brave man to walk the plank!!

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I enjoyed that report - a fascinating place. I think that this is one instance where it really would not be wise to test the strength of the remaining structure. A quick look on Google Earth shows that about half of the jetty has already collapsed into the Medway and the rest is presumably not far behind.

There's some interesting stuff around there - the German submarines and the buoys marking the wreck of HMS Bulwark - a Battleship that exploded in 1914.