Higham Marshes
Higham Marshes is in Higham, Borough of Gravesham, England. Higham Marshes is situated nearby to the locality Higham Common, as well as near Beckley Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cliffe Fort and Higham railway station.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gravesend and Strood.
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".
Strood
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
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 Marshes
- Type: Wetland
- Also known as: “RSPB Higham Marshes”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Higham, Borough of Gravesham, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.4475° or 51° 26′ 51″ northLongitude
0.4555° or 0° 27′ 20″ eastOperator
RSPBOpen location code
9F32CFX4+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 799422617OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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