Tilbury Fort

Tilbury Fort, also known historically as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an artillery fort on the north bank of the River Thames in England.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Milton Chantry and St Andrew’s Arts Centre.

Milton Chantry

Museum

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Milton Chantry is a former chantry chapel in Gravesend, Kent, England. It houses the Chantry Heritage Centre, displaying a range of exhibits relating to Gravesend, Northfleet, and the nearby villages. Milton Chantry is situated 3,300 feet south of Tilbury Fort.

St Andrew’s Arts Centre

Arts center

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St Andrew’s Arts Centre is an arts center, which is situated 3,100 feet south of Tilbury Fort.

New Tavern Fort

Castle

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New Tavern Fort is an historic artillery fort in Gravesend, Kent. Dating mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries, it is an unusually well-preserved example of an 18th-century fortification and remained in use for defensive purposes until the Second World War. New Tavern Fort is situated 3,600 feet south of Tilbury Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gravesend and Tilbury.

Gravesend

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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".

Tilbury

Town

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Tilbury is a port town on the north bank of the Thames in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. The town was established as separate settlement near East and West Tilbury and Tilbury Fort in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of the parish of Chadwell St Mary.

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 1½ miles north of Tilbury Fort.

Tilbury Fort

Type: Fort
Description: bastioned fort on the Thames Estuary
Categories: military museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Thurrock, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.45296° or 51° 27′ 11″ north

Longitude

0.37483° or 0° 22′ 29″ east

Operator

English Heritage

Open location code

9F32F93F+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32067380

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q7802074

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to German—“Tilbury Fort” goes by many names.

Chinese: “提貝利”
Chinese: “蒂爾伯里堡”
French: “Fort de Tilbury”
German: “Tilbury Fort”

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