Beckley Hill
Beckley Hill is a locality in Higham, Borough of Gravesham, England. Beckley Hill is situated nearby to the locality Higham Common, as well as near the hamlet Church Street.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Higham and Higham railway station.
St Mary’s Church, Higham
Church
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Higham, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Higham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Higham railway station is in the hamlet of Lower Higham in north Kent. The village of Higham is about 1 mile to the south. It is 28 miles 42 chains down the line from London Charing Cross.
Shornemead Fort
Ruins
Photo: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shornemead Fort is a now-disused artillery fort that was built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south bank of the river at a point where the Thames curves sharply north and west, giving the fort long views up and downriver in both directions.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cliffe and Chalk.
Cliffe
Village
Cliffe is a village in the civil parish of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, in the borough of Medway in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. It is on the Hoo Peninsula, reached from the Medway Towns by a three-mile journey along the B2000 road. Cliffe is situated 2½ miles northeast of Beckley Hill.
Chalk
Village
Chalk is a village and since 1935 a former civil parish which adjoins the east of Gravesend, in the Gravesham district, in the county of Kent, England. Chalk is situated 2½ miles west of Beckley Hill.
Wainscott
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wainscott is a small village in Rochester, in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Frindsbury Extra, in the Medway Unitary Authority, that is Medway Council. Wainscott is situated 3 miles southeast of Beckley Hill.
Beckley Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Higham, Borough of Gravesham, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.44069° or 51° 26′ 27″ northLongitude
0.45647° or 0° 27′ 23″ eastOpen location code
9F32CFR4+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 254397553OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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