This looping Medway shoreline walk offers big skies & saltmarsh, a ship graveyard & a crumbling 17th century fort, a Second World War Stop Line & a Soviet submarine
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The Swanscombe Peninsula juts sharply into the Thames, a precious haven for wildlife which thrives across rewilded brownfield & landfill. And now it is threatened.
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Shellness lies at the eastern edge of the Isle of Sheppey, an end-of-the-road, low headland overlooking the North Sea. The saltwater…
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Elmley Island is nestled within the belly of the Isle of Sheppey, an island within an isle. Although no longer a…
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At Queenborough, on the Isle of Sheppey, the channel of the Swale curves sharply around a spit, which is tipped with…
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The Stoke Saltings are a maze of low islands, marsh, and mud, embraced in the underbelly of Kent’s Hoo Peninsula. The…
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The Hoo Peninsula The Hoo Peninsula breaks away from north Kent, forming an almost-island between the Thames and Medway estuaries. The…
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The holiday park at Allhallows looks across the Thames towards the distant, cluttered shoreline of Southend-on-Sea. A narrow beach of family-friendly…
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South Ockendon, a small town in Essex, lies just beyond the M25. On the northern edge of town, West Road passes…
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East London’s riverside landscape is changing fast, but amid the ongoing redevelopment there are still good places to enjoy London’s quiet…