Higham Bight
Higham Bight is a nature reserve in Higham, Borough of Gravesham, England. Higham Bight is situated nearby to the locality Higham Common, as well as near Cliffe Creek.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cliffe Fort and St Mary’s Church, Higham.
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.
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.
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 Gravesend and East Tilbury.
Gravesend
Photo: Lexicon10uk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gravesend is in the county of Kent in the South East region of England. Gravesend is a historic town on the river Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Since the late 14th century passengers have been transported to and from London by water on a "Tilt Boat".
East Tilbury
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Higham Bight
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Higham, Borough of Gravesham, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4562° or 51° 27′ 22″ northLongitude
0.4539° or 0° 27′ 14″ eastOpen location code
9F32FF43+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 922437106OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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