Thames Estuary
The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estuary
- Description: estuary in which the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea
- Also known as: “River Thames Sea Reach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include SS Richard Montgomery.
SS Richard Montgomery
Disaster remains
SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty ship that was built during World War II. She was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish officer who fought in the British Army during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War and then in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shoeburyness and Sheerness.
Shoeburyness
Town
Photo: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shoeburyness, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England; it lies 3 miles east of the city centre. Shoeburyness is situated 3 miles north of Thames Estuary.
Sheerness
Town
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Sheerness is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of Minster which has a population of 16,738. Sheerness is situated 3½ miles southwest of Thames Estuary.
Blue Town
Suburb
Blue Town is a suburb of the town of Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It sits on the A249 Brielle Way which runs from Queenborough to Sheerness. Blue Town is situated 3½ miles southwest of Thames Estuary.
Thames Estuary
- Categories: estuary and body of water
- Location: Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yiddish—“Thames Estuary” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tamesisen estuarioa”
- Belarusian: “Эстуарый Тэмзы”
- Catalan: “estuari del Tàmesi”
- Cebuano: “Thames Estuary”
- Chinese: “泰晤士河口”
- Chinese: “泰晤士河河口”
- Czech: “ústí Temže”
- Dutch: “Thames Estuary”
- Estonian: “Thamesi suudmeala”
- French: “Estuaire de la Tamise”
- Galician: “estuario do Támese”
- Greek: “εκβολές του Τάμεση”
- Hebrew: “שפך התמזה”
- Irish: “Inbhear na Tamaise”
- Italian: “Estuario del Tamigi”
- Japanese: “テムズ三角江”
- Japanese: “テムズ河口”
- Korean: “템스 강어귀”
- Marathi: “थेम्सचे मुख”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Themsenestuariet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thames Estuary”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Themsen-estuaret”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Themsenestuaret”
- Russian: “Эстуарий Темзы”
- Slovenian: “estuarij Temze”
- Slovenian: “Estuarij Temze”
- Slovenian: “Thames Estuary”
- Spanish: “Estuario del rio Tamesis”
- Spanish: “Estuario del rio Támesis”
- Spanish: “Estuario del río Tamesis”
- Spanish: “Estuario del río Támesis”
- Spanish: “Estuario del Tamesis”
- Spanish: “Estuario del Támesis”
- Swedish: “Thames Estuary”
- Swedish: “Themsens mynning”
- Ukrainian: “Естуарій Темзи”
- Welsh: “Aber Tafwys”
- Yiddish: “טעמז-לעפצונג”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cambridge Town and Barton’s Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nore and Shoeburyness railway station.
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