Cliffe Fort
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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Katherine and Shornemead Fort.
Shornemead Fort
Ruins
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 1½ miles southwest of Cliffe Fort.
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. St Mary’s Church, Higham is situated 1½ miles south of Cliffe Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cliffe and East Tilbury.
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. Cliffe is situated 2 miles east of Cliffe Fort.
East Tilbury
Village
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 2 miles northwest of Cliffe Fort.
West Tilbury
Village
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 west of Cliffe Fort.
Cliffe Fort
- Type: Fort
- Description: fortification
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Thurrock, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46356° or 51° 27′ 49″ north
Longitude
0.45585° or 0° 27′ 21″ east
Levels
2
Roof shape
flat
Open location code
9F32FF74+C8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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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