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Tilbury

Tilbury is a port town in the borough of , , England on the Thames. The present port was established as separate settlement near and and in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of .
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  • Type: Town with 16,700 residents
  • Description: town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England
  • Also known as: “Tilbury Fort”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St John the Baptist, Tilbury and Tilbury Town railway station.

Church
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Railway station
Photo: John Winfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on a loop line of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Tilbury, Essex. It is 21 miles 48 chains down the line from via Rainham and it is situated between and .

Fort
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known historically as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an artillery fort on the north bank of the in England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gravesend and West Tilbury.

Photo: Lexicon10uk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is in the county of in the South East region of . is a historic town on the river Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Since the late 14th century passengers have been transported to and from London by water on a "Tilt Boat".

Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. It is on the top of and on the sides of a 30 metres tall river terrace overlooking the .

Village
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is an area of the unitary authority of in Essex, England. It is one of the traditional parishes in Thurrock and a former civil parish. is situated 1½ miles north of Tilbury.

Tilbury

Latitude
51.46161° or 51° 27′ 42″ north
Longitude
0.36368° or 0° 21′ 49″ east
Population
16,700
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TIL
Open location code
9F32F967+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27394336
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2635836
Wiki­data ID
Q648432
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Tilbury” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Թիլբերի”
  • Asturian: “Tilbury”
  • Basque: “Tilbury”
  • Breton: “Tilbury”
  • Catalan: “Tilbury”
  • Cebuano: “Tilbury”
  • Chinese: “提伯利”
  • Czech: “Tilbury”
  • Dutch: “Tilbury”
  • French: “Tilbury”
  • German: “Tilbury”
  • Greek: “Τίλμπουρι”
  • Hebrew: “טילברי”
  • Icelandic: “Tilbury”
  • Irish: “Tilbury”
  • Italian: “Tilbury”
  • Japanese: “ティルブリー”
  • Japanese: “ティルベリー”
  • Ladin: “Tilbury”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tilbury”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tilbury”
  • Norwegian: “Tilbury”
  • Persian: “تیلبوری”
  • Polish: “Tilbury”
  • Romanian: “Tilbury”
  • Russian: “ТИЛБУРИ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tilbury”
  • Slovak: “Tilbury”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تیلبوری”
  • Spanish: “Tilbury”
  • Swedish: “Tilbury”
  • Volapük: “Tilbury”
  • Welsh: “Tilbury”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tilbury”. Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.