The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain. An estuary can be defined according...
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A potential Thames Estuary Airport has been proposed at various times since the 1940s. London's existing principal airports, Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted...
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river rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire and flows into the North Sea near Tilbury, Essex and Gravesend, Kent, via the Thames Estuary. From the west...
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investigate the serious North Sea flood of 1953 which affected parts of the Thames Estuary and parts of London, recommended that "as an alternative to raising...
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The Thames Estuary Path is a long-distance footpath in Essex, England. The 29-mile (47 km) path leads from Tilbury to Leigh-on-Sea. It is waymarked, but...
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help. Estuary English is an English accent, continuum of accents, or continuum of accent features associated with the area along the River Thames and its...
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Thames Hub Airport was a proposed platform-based hub airport located on the Isle of Grain in the Thames Estuary in Kent, whose development has been led...
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towards London through the Thames Estuary. Benny was sighted several times over the ensuing weeks after his discovery in the Estuary, and appears to be healthy...
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Thames Gateway is a term applied to an area around the Thames Estuary in the context of discourse around regeneration and further urbanisation. The term...
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Humber Oder Estuary Severn Estuary Shannon Estuary Solway Firth Southampton Water Tagus Estuary Thames Estuary The Wash Unterelbe Western Scheldt Albemarle...
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Brackish water (section Estuaries)
habitats worldwide are estuaries, where a river meets the sea. The River Thames flowing through London is a classic river estuary. The town of Teddington...
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ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the north shore of the lower Thames Estuary, about 37 miles (55 km) east of London. The Westcliff-on-Sea area is...
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River Medway (section Estuary)
Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles (113 km). About 13 miles...
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Shivering Sands Army Fort [U7] was a Maunsell army fort built near the Thames estuary for anti-aircraft defence. It is made up of several once-interconnected...
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with a shallow draught and leeboards, were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow tributary rivers. The larger barges...
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Hydraulics Research Station (section Thames Estuary)
quality and morphological issues related to the Thames Estuary and the potential redevelopment of the Estuary following the considerable infrastructure damage...
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This is a list of the seaports of Great Britain. Five companies own many of the largest of UK ports: Associated British Ports (ABP), Forth Ports, Hutchison...
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the mouth of the Bristol Avon and the Thames at the Yantlet Line. The currently accepted end of the Severn Estuary is about 18.5 miles (29.8 km) further...
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scrap suggestion of Thames Estuary airport". greenparty.org.uk. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009. "Plans to Fund Thames Estuary Airport Cancelled"...
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Airports of London (section Thames Estuary)
either on a man-made island in the Thames Estuary, or on the Isle of Grain in north Kent. Foster's proposed Thames Hub Airport would have been very similar...
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its transmission, flood protection and regional development in the Thames Estuary and connects this infrastructure to a trade and utilities spine that...
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SS Richard Montgomery (category Thames Estuary)
American Revolutionary War. She was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Sheerness, Kent, England, in August 1944, while carrying a cargo...
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Maunsell Forts (category Thames Estuary)
The Maunsell Forts are towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated...
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the county of Kent spanning dry and wet south banks and inlets of the Thames Estuary in south-east England. The marshes are one of 22 Environmentally Sensitive...
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a population of 22,509. Leigh-on-Sea is on the northern side of the Thames Estuary, a few miles from the open waters of the North Sea to the east, and...
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part of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Her aircraft crashed into the Thames estuary; she died after bailing out. Because her body was never recovered, the...
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Nore (category Thames Estuary)
and silt running along the south-centre of the final narrowing of the Thames Estuary, England. Its south-west is the very narrow Nore Sand. Just short of...
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ruined fortification in the English county of Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary from south of the town of Hadleigh. Built after 1215 during the reign...
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Tideway (redirect from Thames Tideway)
Thames in England which is subject to tides. This stretch of water is downstream from Teddington Lock. The Tideway comprises the upper Thames Estuary...
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London. Thames may also refer to: Thames Chase, a community forest in east London Thames Estuary, estuary of the River Thames and River Medway Thames (Barking...
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