North Kent Marshes, Protected wetland area in Kent, England
The North Kent Marshes extend for 56 kilometers from Dartford to Whitstable, featuring brackish waters, grazing fields, saline lagoons, and tidal channels.
The marshes contain ancient ferry routes that operated since medieval times, connecting pilgrimage paths to Swanscombe Church and the shrine of St Hildefirth.
Charles Dickens depicted these marshes in Great Expectations, describing the landscape with its dykes, miniature windmills, and muddy sluice-gates along the river.
The wetlands provide natural flood protection for London while offering extensive bird watching opportunities across multiple designated conservation areas.
The marshland mudflats receive up to 300,000 migratory birds annually during their journey between the Arctic and Africa.
GPS coordinates: 51.48330,0.50000
Latest update: March 4, 2025 21:38
Coalhouse Fort
5.2 km
Cooling Castle
3.5 km
Cliffe Fort
3.8 km
Mucking excavation
5 km
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
4.9 km
St James' Church, Cooling
3.6 km
Canvey Wick
5 km
St Mary's Church, Higham
5.2 km
Lower Horse
4.4 km
Stanford Warren
5.5 km
High Halstow NNR
5.2 km
Mucking Flats and Marshes
3.8 km
Holehaven Creek
4.2 km
Vange and Fobbing Marshes
4.9 km
Fobbing Marsh
5.7 km
Church of St Mary
5.1 km
Mucking Creek
4.2 km
Church of St Helen
2.4 km
Church of St Michael
5.3 km
Church of St John the Baptist
5.6 km
Church of St Katherine
5.2 km
Charnel House At North West Corner Of Churchyard
2.4 km
The Lobster Smack Public House
4.8 km
Comport and Baker Tombs 5 Yards to South of Church of St James
3.6 km
Cooling Court
4.4 km
Barn At Rye Farm
2.8 km
World War II bombing decoy on Fobbing Marshes, 1.11km and 1.15km north west of Oozedam
5.1 km
Inner Ward To Cooling Castle
3.5 kmReviews
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