Shornemead Light

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Shornemead Fort

Ruins

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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. Shornemead Fort is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Shornemead Light.

Cliffe Fort

Fort

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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 1¼ miles northeast of Shornemead Light.

Church of St Katherine

Church

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Church of St Katherine is situated 1¼ miles north of Shornemead Light.

Places in the Area

Chalk

Village

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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 2 miles southwest of Shornemead Light.

East Tilbury

Village

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East Tilbury is a community in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. The community is in two main parts, being the older village near the banks of the River Thames, and a garden village to the north which was initially called Bataville, founded in the 1930s to serve the Bata shoe factory. East Tilbury is situated 2½ miles north of Shornemead Light.

West Tilbury

Village

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West Tilbury is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It stands on a 30-metre high ridge of land overlooking the River Thames. It lies 1.5 miles north-east of Tilbury, its post town. West Tilbury is situated 3 miles northwest of Shornemead Light.

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