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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 , .
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Photo: Cgfletch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fortification
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Katherine and Shornemead Fort.

Church
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile west of Cliffe Fort.

Ruins
Photo: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cliffe Fort.

Church
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of , , 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. is situated 1½ miles south of Cliffe Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cliffe and East Tilbury.

Village
is a village in the civil parish of , in the borough of in the ceremonial county of , England. It is on the Hoo Peninsula, reached from the Medway Towns by a three-mile journey along the B2000 road. is situated 2 miles east of Cliffe Fort.

Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, historically known as Great Tilbury, is a community, ward and former civil parish in the borough of in , England. The community includes two neighbouring settlements, the historic Village near the riverfront and the industrial garden village of Bataville, which was built between the 1930s to 1960s to serve the Bata shoe factory. is situated 2 miles northwest of Cliffe Fort.

Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. It is on the top of and on the sides of a 30 metres tall river terrace overlooking the . is situated 3 miles west of Cliffe Fort.

Cliffe Fort

Latitude
51.46356° or 51° 27′ 49″ north
Longitude
0.45585° or 0° 27′ 21″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
9F32FF74+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82098134
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cliffe Fort”. Photo: Cgfletch, CC BY-SA 4.0.