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
Ian Tokelove
Ian Tokelove
I enjoy exploring the UK’s wild spaces, rivers & seas, especially in & around London. I promote kayaking, canoeing & SUP opportunities across London at www.canoelondon.com
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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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Queenborough and Ladies Hole Point, walking an old rail line towards a saltmarsh spit
by Ian TokeloveAt 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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Walking
Walking from Allhallows towards the Isle of Grain, exploring the Thames Estuary edges
by Ian TokeloveThe 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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Walking
Barking Riverside & Footpath 47, a wild riverside path with an uncertain future
by Ian TokeloveEast London’s riverside landscape is changing fast, but amid the ongoing redevelopment there are still good places to enjoy London’s quiet…