Nore
The Nore is a long bank of sand and silt running along the south-centre of the final narrowing of the Thames Estuary, England. Its south-west is the very narrow Nore Sand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Shoal
- Description: sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary
- Also known as: “Great 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.
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. SS Richard Montgomery is situated 2 miles southeast of Nore.
Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Tony Lewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southend-on-Sea lifeboat station is a lifeboat station at Southend-on-Sea in the English county of Essex, operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since 1879. Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Nore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue Town and Sheerness.
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 3 miles south of Nore.
Sheerness
Town
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 south of Nore.
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 3½ miles northeast of Nore.
Nore
- Categories: bar and landform
- Location: Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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