Abbey
Abbey is an archaeological site in Higham, Borough of Gravesham, England. Abbey is situated nearby to St Mary’s Church, Higham, as well as near the peak Barrow Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
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. St Mary’s Church, Higham is situated 340 feet southwest of Abbey.
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. Higham railway station is situated 1 mile south of Abbey.
Cliffe Fort
Fort
Photo: Cgfletch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cliffe Fort is a disused artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the River Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south bank of the river at the entrance to Cliffe Creek in the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in North Kent, England. Cliffe Fort is situated 1½ miles north of Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cliffe and Wainscott.
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 2 miles northeast of Abbey.
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 2½ miles southeast of Abbey.
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 3 miles west of Abbey.
Abbey
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Higham, Borough of Gravesham, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.44133° or 51° 26′ 29″ northLongitude
0.46953° or 0° 28′ 10″ eastOpen location code
9F32CFR9+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 255757352OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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