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An odd and clearly new installation on Alpha Lake, it is of very small dimensions to act as a normal sluice. Some sort of monitoring station?

This is the view from the Saxon Shore Way just to the south of Cliffe Fort. It lies in Higham Creek. This is from the Wikipedia entry:- "A prominent feature where the marshes meet the river for many years, the Hans Egede was a... (more)

One of three nineteenth century forts built to defend the Thames approaches to London from naval attack. Built as the result of an 1860 Royal Commission they (and others around the coast) became known as TQ6975 : Palmerston's Follies. You can see a view of... (more)

In the foreground are the remains of an old jetty, while the four stumpy legs in the middle-distance are the remains of the old Nore fort: Link Between the two is a miniature archipelago - which seems... (more)

Cliffe Fort was built in the 18th century to guard London from invasion by sea by the French. Today, it no longer houses soldiers, rather it's used to store aggregates by French company Lafarge...

Cliffe Fort, near the village of Cliffe on the Hoo peninsula in Kent, was built in the mid-nineteenth century as a defence against the invasion of London via the Thames estuary. The fort is derelict and not open to the public, although... (more)

The sun rising above the aggregates jetty at Cliffe Fort.

This view is from the Saxon Shore Way near the Brett Gravel Works looking across the mouth of Cliffe Creek. The cranes on the horizon on the right hand side belong to London Gateway Port on the other side of the Thames Estuary in Essex.