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Cliffe Marshes is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) nature reserve located on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England. The site sits alongside the Thames Estuary and features a mix of saline lagoons, grazing marsh, and mudflats. Historically, the area was heavily used for clay and chalk...

Northward Hill is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) nature reserve located on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England. The reserve features a diverse mix of grazing marsh, grassland, and ancient woodland, providing a protected habitat for a variety of wetland and woodland bird species. I...

The Blackwall Tunnel is a major road crossing beneath the River Thames in East London, connecting the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the north with the Royal Borough of Greenwich in the south. The original northbound bore, which features notable sharp bends designed to avoid foundations, was eng...

Cooling Marshes is an area of grazing marsh located on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England, adjacent to the Thames Estuary. The landscape is historically significant for its association with Charles Dickens, who used the local St. James' Church as a setting in the opening chapters of his novel Great...

The Millennium Bridge is a steel suspension pedestrian bridge crossing the River Thames in London, connecting Bankside near the Tate Modern with the City of London near St. Paul's Cathedral. It opened on June 10, 2000, but was closed within days due to lateral oscillations caused by synchronized ped...

The Rotherhithe Tunnel is a road tunnel beneath the River Thames in East London, connecting Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark on the south bank to Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on the north bank. Designed by civil engineer Maurice Fitzmaurice and opened in 1908, it wa...

The Dartford East Tunnel is a major road tunnel in England that facilitates the crossing of the River Thames between Kent and Essex. Opened in 1963, it is the original component of the Dartford Crossing complex, which later expanded to include a second tunnel and a bridge. Together, these structures...

The Dartford West Tunnel is one of two road tunnels at the Dartford Crossing over the River Thames in England, opened in 1980. It carries southbound traffic, complementing the original 1963 bore that now handles northbound traffic. The crossing is part of the M25 orbital route around London.

Shivering Sand is a sandbank in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Kent, England. It is the site of the Shivering Sands Army Fort, a group of Maunsell sea-fort towers constructed during the Second World War and placed offshore in 1943 to support anti-aircraft defense of the Thames approaches. The s...

Dartford Marshes are low-lying marshlands on the south bank of the River Thames in Kent, England, where the River Darent passes through the marsh before reaching the Thames Estuary. The landscape contains remnant and converted grazing marsh, drainage ditches, wetlands, grassland, and scrub shaped by...

Crayford Marshes is a low-lying area of grazing marsh on the Thames floodplain in the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London. Its landscape is shaped by open grassland, drainage ditches, wet margins, and the river's tidal influence, creating habitat for wetland plants and birds. The marshes also...

Knock John is a sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the coast of southeastern England. During the Second World War, the Knock John naval sea fort was constructed there as part of the Maunsell fort system used to defend shipping routes and the Thames approaches from German aircraft. The survivin...

Tongue Sand is a tidal sandbank located at the mouth of the Thames Estuary in England. It is historically significant as the site of the Tongue Sand Fort, a Maunsell naval sea fort erected in 1942 during World War II to defend against enemy air raids and naval incursions. The Maunsell forts were uni...

The Golden Jubilee Bridges are a pair of pedestrian cable-stayed footbridges crossing the River Thames in central London on either side of Hungerford Bridge, the railway bridge serving Charing Cross. They opened in 2002 as part of celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee and connect the...

Maplin Sand is a tidal mudflat and sandbank on the northern side of the Thames Estuary, off Foulness Island near Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. In April 1971, the British government selected Maplin Sands as the proposed site for a third London airport, to be built on reclaimed estuarine land. Th...

Gunfleet Sand is a shallow sandbank off the Essex coast in the outer Thames Estuary, England. The feature is associated with the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm, which opened in 2010. Its location reflects the tidal and sedimentary environment of the estuary while also serving as a site for offsho...

Erith Marshes is an area of remnant grazing marsh beside the River Thames in southeast London, England. The site represents part of the riverine wetland landscape that survived within a heavily urbanized part of the capital. Its marsh habitats are associated with tidal influence and traditional graz...

Maplin Spit is a tidal sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary, off Foulness Island in Essex, England. It lies beside the Maplin Sands, an area of intertidal mudflats and sands that became associated with a proposed third airport for London. The airport scheme, usually called the Maplin airport project...

Long Sand is an extensive, mobile sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary and southern North Sea, running broadly parallel to the Essex coast of England. Its shallow bank and continuing eastward migration have influenced the way shipping routes and navigation marks are surveyed and managed. The UK Gene...

Sunk Sand is a sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the east coast of England. It forms part of the shallow bank system around the Thames approaches, where sandbanks such as Sunk Sand and Long Sand have historically affected navigation. The Sunk Light Vessel, later replaced by a lighted buoy, ma...

Girdler is a sandbank in the Thames Estuary near the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. The feature has been associated with navigation through the estuary and was historically marked by the Girdler lightship. Modern nautical marking uses a lighted buoy to identify the hazard, making the name relevan...

Tidal sandbank adjacent to Foulness Island off the Essex coast, England, lying within a restricted military zone administered by the UK Ministry of Defence.

A sandy spit projecting into the outer Thames Estuary off the Essex coast, charted as a navigational hazard in the approaches to one of England's busiest waterways.

A sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the Essex coast of England, part of the extensive Barrow sandbank complex that includes eastern and western sections.

West Barrow is a submerged sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex, England. It forms part of the estuary's system of tidal banks and deeper channels, where changing water depth and strong currents affect navigation and marine activity. West Barrow is also a documented location f...

East Barrow is a subtidal sandbank in the Thames Estuary, within the group of shifting banks and channels that shape the outer coastal waters of southeast England. Its position and shallow seabed make it relevant to navigation, fisheries management, and the study of tidal sediment movement. East Bar...

A sandbank in the North Sea off the English east coast, reportedly named after a historical association with Spanish shipping or a Spanish vessel in the area.

A sandbank in the Thames Estuary off the Kent coast, one of several features named Shingles around England's shores, marking a shallow area in the busy estuary approaches.

East Spaniard is the eastern part of the Spaniard sandbank system in the North Sea, off the east coast of England. It forms a separate shallow-water feature alongside the main Spaniard bank and has been identified as a navigational hazard for vessels using the approaches to the Thames. The feature i...