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Exploring the Ingrebourne Valley on the edge of east London

by Ian Tokelove October 6, 2019

October 6, 2019

The River Ingrebourne is a blue ribbon which flows between Upminster and Rainham, and then into the Thames. The valley is …

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‘Into The Zone’, a group exhibition of artists

‘Into The Zone’, a group exhibition of artists focussing on the Thames Estuary, opens this Saturday afternoon, 22 February 2025, at the Beecroft Art Gallery in Southend. I’ll be sharing nine of my photographs. Curated by @psychojographer, the show also features @annakroegr @anna.lukala @arbonauts @davidgeorgephotography @essexinkcompany @leighonseaphoto and others. 'Reject Reflect Reclaim' by the TOMA @theotherma 24/25 cohort will also be exhibiting on the other side of the gallery over the same period. #ThamesEstuary #RemoteLondon #Southend

I’m excited to be sharing nine of my photographs

I’m excited to be sharing nine of my photographs at ‘Into The Zone’, a group exhibition of artists focussing on the Thames Estuary. We’re exhibiting at the Beecroft Art Gallery in Southend. The show opens on Saturday 22 February 2025, from 2pm to 4.30pm. The exhibition continues until Sunday, 11 May 2025. Entry is free. Each of us brings our own perspective of the estuary, but our work overlaps, creating a collective vision of this local, yet remote, landscape. The show includes @annakroegr @anna.lukala @arbonauts @davidgeorgephotography @essexinkcompany @leighonseaphoto and @psychojographer (curator) and others. With thanks to curator Michael Upton (curator), @beecroftartgallery and the @eastlondonphotographersarchive 'Reject Reflect Reclaim' by the TOMA @theotherma 24/25 cohort will also be exhibiting on the other side of the gallery over the same period. #ThamesEstuary #RemoteLondon #Southend

Deptford beach this morning. It will be six metres

Deptford beach this morning. It will be six metres under now, transitioned into a murky, sunken landscape beneath the weight of a winter tide. - - - #RemoteLondon #Deptford #Thames #UrbanRivers #RiversOfLondon #RiverThames #ExploreLondon #urbanlandscape #riversoflondon #TidalThames #ThamesForeshore #Abandoned #ConvoysWharf #ConvoysWharfJetty

Porlock beach and saltmarsh, on the Somerset coast

Porlock beach and saltmarsh, on the Somerset coast. The inland fields suffered catastrophic failure when the beach’s shingle ridge was breached by a storm in 1996. The trees died and the abandoned pasture was rapidly colonised by saltwort and salt-blite. Much of the ridge still stands, studded with the remnants of WW2 fortifications and post-medieval lime kilns. A wild, harsh landscape (especially in early February) and great for nature. - - - #PorlockBeach #BossingtonBeach #PorlockBay #Saltmarsh #Saltings #SevernEstuary #ShingleRidge #SouthWestCoastPath

Walking the estuary edge. Greenhithe to Northfleet

Walking the estuary edge. Greenhithe to Northfleet, Kent. Rain and wind stripping the colour from the world. - - - #RemoteLondon #SwanscombePeninsula #ThamesEstuary #Swanscombe #Wetlands #stuary #SwanscombeMarshes #CoastPath #EnglandCoastPath

Pyramids of marine gravel, dredged deep from the T

Pyramids of marine gravel, dredged deep from the Thames Estuary and offloaded at an aggregates site by Cliffe Fort on the Hoo Peninsula. Sand is also offloaded here, so there's always a beach - admittedly a chilly beach last weekend. - - - #RemoteLondon #HooPeninsula #HighamCreek #CliffeFort #ThamesEstuary #Estuary #Thames #NorthKentMarshes #EnglandCoastPath #CoastPath #Aggregates #MarineAggregates

A winter sunset at Cliffe Fort on Kent’s Hoo Pen

A winter sunset at Cliffe Fort on Kent’s Hoo Peninsula. As darkness fell the abundant birdlife began to settle. Unseen wings beating low overhead as geese flew to roost sites, occasional wildfowl bursting from inky cover, & the crunch of my steps on a dark, icy path home. - - - #RemoteLondon #HooPeninsula #HighamCreek #CliffeFort #ThamesEstuary #Estuary #Thames #NorthKentMarshes #EnglandCoastPath #CliffeMarshes #CliffePools #CoastPath

A wintry, weekend walk at Cliffe Pools, part of th

A wintry, weekend walk at Cliffe Pools, part of the North Kent Marshes on the Hoo Peninsula. Lots of over-wintering birdlife, precious few people. It’s a beautiful, flat landscape of water, tidal mudflats and old workings. Closest train station is Higham, an hour out of London. - - - #RemoteLondon #ThamesEstuary #Estuary #Thames #NorthKentMarshes #HooPeninsula #EnglandCoastPath #CliffeMarshes #CoastPath #CliffePools

An evening walk on the edge of town. Power lines s

An evening walk on the edge of town. Power lines slicing the sky above a winding river and rutted fields of winter stubble. - - - #RiverTone #Taunton #WestDeaneWay #Pylons #Edgelands

Medway seascapes, walking in soft rain with a frie

Medway seascapes, walking in soft rain with a friend on Sunday. Out from Strood to Kingsnorth, then back via inland paths. The Medway shipyards were once heavily guarded & forgotten fortifications still dot the shoreline, from WWII pillboxes to the eroding, red-bricked Cockham Wood Fort, dating to 1669 - - - #RemoteLondon #HooPeninsula #Medway #MedwayEstuary #wrecks #hulks #estuary #CockhamWood #CockhamWoodFort #Kent #SaxonShoreWay @tinnedtuna1 #CoastPath

Remnants of an abandoned wharf on the Mucking Flat

Remnants of an abandoned wharf on the Mucking Flats, overlooking the Thames Estuary in Essex. From a walk into last Sunday’s gale-force winds. This old wharf probably served the massive Mucking Marshes landfill site. For many years, London’s trash was shipped downriver by barge & discarded in Essex. The shoreline of the Thames Estuary is dotted with such sites. #RemoteLondon #ThamesEstuary #Estuary #Thames #RiverThames #Edgelands #TidalThames #MuckingFlats #MuckingMarshes #Thurrock #Landfill #AbandonedWharf #AbandonedJetty

‘Engaging with the Intertidal Zone’: a guided

‘Engaging with the Intertidal Zone’: a guided walk across saltmarsh and into Benfleet Creek, led by Gerolamo Gnecchi with @sylak_ravenspine, as part of @EstuaryFestival Once down in the creek the mud is soft and welcoming, in places ready to hold the unwary in an unwanted embrace. Colours and sound are muted, just the soft sizzle of rain on water, and the suck of silt beneath one’s feet. Loved it. - - - #RemoteLondon @creativeestuary #BenfleetCreek #CanveyIsland #Benfleet #ThamesEstuary #Estuary #Creek #SaltMarsh #Saltings

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