Cliffe Fort

Cliffe Fort is a disused artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with , 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 , .
Wikipedia
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  • Fort
  • …has 2 floors
  • …has a flat roof
  • Description: fortification

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Katherine and Shornemead Fort.
Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile west of Cliffe Fort.
Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a now-disused artillery fort that… is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cliffe Fort.
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of , , England. is situated 1½ miles south of Cliffe Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cliffe and East Tilbury.
is a village in the civil parish… is situated 2 miles east of Cliffe Fort.
Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community in the borough of in , England. is situated 2 miles northwest of Cliffe Fort.
Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the borough of in , England. is situated 3 miles west of Cliffe Fort.

Cliffe Fort

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Latitude
51.46356° or 51° 27′ 49″ north
Longitude
0.45585° or 0° 27′ 21″ east
Open location code
9F32FF74+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82098134
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q1101177

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Cliffe Fort” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Cliffe Fort”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كليف فورت”
  • French: “Cliffe Fort”
  • German: “Cliffe Fort”

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