Great Nore

The Nore is a long bank of sand and silt running along the south-centre of the final narrowing of the , England. Its south-west is the very narrow Nore Sand.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Shoal
  • Description: sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary
  • Also known as: “Nore”, “Nore Sand”, “Nore Sands”, “The Great Nore”, and “The Nore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include SS Richard Montgomery and Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station.

Disaster remains
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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. is situated 2 miles southeast of Great Nore.

Building
Photo: Tony Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lifeboat station at in the county of , operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since 1879. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Great Nore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blue Town and Sheerness.

Suburb
is a suburb of the town of on the in . It sits on the A249 Brielle Way which runs from to Sheerness. is situated 3 miles south of Great Nore.

Town
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is a port town and civil parish beside the mouth of the on the north-west corner of the in north , England. With a population of 13,249, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town of which has a population of 16,738. is situated 3½ miles south of Great Nore.

Town
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, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the , in the ceremonial county of , England; it lies 3 miles east of the city centre. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Great Nore.

Great Nore

Latitude
51.48683° or 51° 29′ 13″ north
Longitude
0.75497° or 0° 45′ 18″ east
Open location code
9F32FQP3+PX
Geo­Names ID
2641456
Wiki­data ID
Q1320240
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Great Nore” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نور”
  • Cebuano: “Great Nore”
  • Finnish: “Nore”
  • French: “Nore”
  • German: “Nore”
  • Hebrew: “נור”
  • Italian: “Nore”
  • Japanese: “ノア”
  • Korean: “노어”
  • Polish: “Nore”
  • Russian: “Нор”
  • Swedish: “Nore”
  • Turkish: “Nore”
  • Welsh: “Nore”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Grain and Cambridge Town.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thames Estuary and Garrison Point.

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