Lower Horse
Lower Horse is a 31.1-acre uninhabited island off the English coast, lying in the Thames Estuary between Canvey Island and Stanford-le-Hope, close to grid reference TQ760828.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Canvey Wick and Dutch Cottage Museum.
Canvey Wick
Nature reserve
Photo: Oneblackline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canvey Wick is a 93.2-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest at the south-west corner of Canvey Island in Essex. It is owned by The Land Trust and 18.5 hectares is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Buglife as a nature reserve, who are working to bring more of the area under management and to improve public access.
Coryton Refinery
Photo: terry joyce, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coryton Refinery was an oil refinery in Essex, England, on the estuary of the River Thames 28 miles from central London, between Shell Haven Creek and Hole Haven Creek, which separates Canvey Island from the mainland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Benfleet and Canvey Island.
South Benfleet
Village
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex, England, 30 miles east of London. It is adjacent to the village of North Benfleet. The Benfleet post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley, New Thundersley and Hadleigh.
Canvey Island
Photo: Oneblackline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and island in the Thames Estuary. It forms part of the Castle Point district of Essex, England. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks, but is connected to the mainland by bridges.
Fobbing
Village
Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fobbing is a small village and former civil parish in Thurrock, Essex, England, and one of Thurrock's traditional parishes. It is between Basildon and Corringham, and is also close to Stanford-le-Hope.
Lower Horse
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the River Thames
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Thurrock, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51745° or 51° 31′ 3″ northLongitude
0.53628° or 0° 32′ 11″ eastElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9F32GG8P+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 5603858099OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Lower Horse” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Lower Horse”
- French: “Lower Horse”
- German: “Lower Horse Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lower Horse”
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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 “Lower Horse”. Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.