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Tower Bridge is a prominent landmark spanning the River Thames in London. Constructed in 1894, this historic bridge combines bascule and suspension bridge designs. Its distinctive twin towers and movable sections make it a notable example of Victorian engineering. It’s frequently visited by tourists...
Cliffe Marshes is an RSPB reserve on Kent's Hoo Peninsula, England, where former clay and chalk pits now form saline lagoons used by breeding and migrant birds.
Northward Hill is an RSPB reserve on Kent's Hoo Peninsula, England, combining grazing marsh and woodland with one of the country's largest heronries.
A road tunnel beneath the River Thames in east London, with the original bore designed by Alexander Binnie and opened in 1897, and a parallel southbound bore added in 1967.
Cooling Marshes is an RSPB-managed grazing-marsh landscape on Kent's Hoo Peninsula, England, supporting nationally important wintering lapwings and wildfowl.
The Millennium Bridge is a steel suspension pedestrian bridge crossing the River Thames in London, connecting Bankside near the Tate Modern with the City of London near St. Paul's Cathedral. It opened on June 10, 2000, but was closed within days due to lateral oscillations caused by synchronized ped...
A road tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, designed by Maurice Fitzmaurice and opened in 1908, connecting the districts of Rotherhithe and Limehouse for pedestrian and vehicle use.
The original road tunnel at the Dartford Crossing beneath the River Thames in England, opened in 1963, now carrying southbound traffic between Kent and Essex.
A second road tunnel at the Dartford Crossing beneath the River Thames in England, opened in 1980 to double capacity alongside the original 1963 bore, also carrying southbound traffic.
Shivering Sand is a sandbank in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Kent, England. It is the site of the Shivering Sands Army Fort, a group of Maunsell sea-fort towers constructed during the Second World War and placed offshore in 1943 to support anti-aircraft defense of the Thames approaches. The s...
Dartford Marshes is low-lying grazing marsh beside the Thames in Kent, England, forming part of an estuarine landscape important for birds and flood storage.
Crayford Marshes is grazing marsh on the Thames in southeast London, England, notable for its network of ditches, saltmarsh edges and industrial heritage.
Knock John is a sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the coast of southeastern England. During the Second World War, the Knock John naval sea fort was constructed there as part of the Maunsell fort system used to defend shipping routes and the Thames approaches from German aircraft. The survivin...
Tongue Sand is a tidal sandbank located at the mouth of the Thames Estuary in England. It is historically significant as the site of the Tongue Sand Fort, a Maunsell naval sea fort erected in 1942 during World War II to defend against enemy air raids and naval incursions. The Maunsell forts were uni...
The Golden Jubilee Bridges in London are twin pedestrian suspension bridges flanking the Hungerford Bridge, opened in 2002 to celebrate the Queen's jubilee.
Large tidal sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary, Essex, England, famously proposed in the early 1970s as a potential site for London's third airport.
Shallow sandbank off the Essex coast in the outer Thames Estuary, England, site of the Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm, which opened in 2010.
Erith Marshes is remnant grazing marsh beside the Thames in southeast London, England, valued as part of the capital's surviving riverine wetland habitat.
A sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off Foulness Island, Essex, adjacent to Maplin Sands where construction of a third London airport was proposed and cancelled in 1974.
Tidal sandbank adjacent to Foulness Island off the Essex coast, England, lying within a restricted military zone administered by the UK Ministry of Defence.
A sandy spit projecting into the outer Thames Estuary off the Essex coast, charted as a navigational hazard in the approaches to one of England's busiest waterways.
A sandbank in the outer Thames Estuary off the Essex coast of England, part of the extensive Barrow sandbank complex that includes eastern and western sections.
The western section of the Barrow sandbank complex in the outer Thames Estuary off Essex, England, flanking the main shipping channels leading to the Port of London.
The eastern section of the Barrow sandbank complex in the outer Thames Estuary off Essex, England, forming part of navigational hazards charted in coastal waters.
A sandbank in the North Sea off the English east coast, reportedly named after a historical association with Spanish shipping or a Spanish vessel in the area.
A sandbank in the Thames Estuary off the Kent coast, one of several features named Shingles around England's shores, marking a shallow area in the busy estuary approaches.
The eastern portion of the Spaniard sandbank system in the North Sea off the English east coast, forming a navigational hazard paired with the main Spaniard bank.
