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Towns near Low Street
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West Tilbury
(1 Mile)*
West Tilbury was the site chosen for the Camp Royal in 1588 to prepare for the threatened Spanish invasion. |
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Tilbury
(2 Miles)*
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Stanford le Hope
(2 Miles)*
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Gravesend
(3 Miles)*
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Grays
(3 Miles)*
Grays, situated on the North bank of the Thames, 4 miles East of the M25 and Dartford, is only about 25 miles from London. The 2,872 metre QEII Bridge, also some 4 miles away, is the longest cable stayed bridge in Europe. |
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East Tilbury
(3 Miles)*
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Orsett
(4 Miles)*
Orsett was the original seat of local government for the area and the site of a palace of the Bishop of London in medieval times. The village lock-up last used as a prison in 1848, and the animal pound still exist. |
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Higham
(4 Miles)*
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Northfleet
(4 Miles)*
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Stifford
(4 Miles)*
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Horndon on the Hill
(4 Miles)*
Horndon-on-the-Hill is listed in the Doomsday Book as Horninduna. This name appears on a Saxon coin of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066AD) and suggests that Horninduna was once the site of a Royal Anglo-Saxon mint. |
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Swanscombe
(4 Miles)*
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Corringham
(4 Miles)*
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Thames Haven
(4 Miles)*
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Cliffe
(4 Miles)*
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