Marine Sand Unloading Pier
Marine Sand Unloading Pier is a pier in Thurrock, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Marine Sand Unloading Pier is situated nearby to Cliffe Fort, as well as near the disaster remains Hans Egede.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cliffe Fort and Church of St Katherine.
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. Cliffe Fort is situated 420 feet southeast of Marine Sand Unloading Pier.
Church of St Katherine
Church
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Katherine is situated 1 mile west of Marine Sand Unloading Pier.
Shornemead Fort
Ruins
Photo: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marine Sand Unloading Pier.
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 Marine Sand Unloading Pier.
East Tilbury
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Tilbury, historically known as Great Tilbury, is a community, ward and former civil parish in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. The community includes two neighbouring settlements, the historic East Tilbury 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. East Tilbury is situated 2 miles northwest of Marine Sand Unloading Pier.
West Tilbury
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Tilbury is a village and former civil parish in the Thurrock district, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the top of and on the sides of a 30 metres tall river terrace overlooking the River Thames. West Tilbury is situated 3 miles west of Marine Sand Unloading Pier.
Marine Sand Unloading Pier
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Pier
- Category: transportation
- Location: Thurrock, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46447° or 51° 27′ 52″ northLongitude
0.4547° or 0° 27′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F32FF73+QVOpenStreetMap ID
way 82102700OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pier
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