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As an indication of the area's military importance, the first Ordnance Survey map ever drawn was a one-inch map of Kent, published in 1801. [31] Many of the Georgian naval buildings still stand. In the early 19th century, smugglers were very active on the Kent coastline.
Geological cross section of Kent, showing how it relates to major towns. Kent is the south-easternmost county in England. It is bounded on the north by the River Thames and the North Sea, and on the south by the Straits of Dover and the English Channel. The continent of Europe is 21 miles across the straits.
River Crouch, Essex: Denny Island: Chew Valley Lake: Flat Island: Carsington Water: Haddiscoe Island (or Chedgrave Island or simply 'The Island')
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Essex 4. Berkshire 5. Middlesex (now part of Greater London) 6. Surrey 7. Kent 8. Sussex. (County of London shown in yellow) The home counties are the counties of England that surround London. The counties are not precisely defined but Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey are usually included in definitions as they ...
Frog Island†, Rainham; Isle of Dogs, Poplar, London; Isle of Grain, Kent; Thorney (or Thorney Island)† covered a broad area surrounding Westminster Abbey Bermondsey†, land and grounds of Bermondsey Abbey, formed by an anabranch (corollary channel) naturally dredged by the mouth of the Neckinger; a vestige of the channel is St Saviour's Dock.
The head of Sea Reach – the Kent / Essex Strait – south of Canvey Island on the northern shore. This reach and all more eastern zones (a mixture of channels and shoals) have a width that contributes to the large, archetypal, internal but mainly submerged sandbanks.
Mudflats by West Mersea Harbour. The island lies 9 miles (14 km) south of Colchester and 26 miles (42 km) east of the county town, Chelmsford.It is the most easterly inhabited and publicly accessible island in the United Kingdom [a] [4] and is one of 43 (unbridged) tidal islands which can be accessed on foot or by road from the British mainland. [5]