The Saxon Shore Way is a long-distance walking path 163 miles from London Gravesend to Hastings The Saxon Shore Way offers the walker an unrivalled diversity of scenery from the wide expanses of marshland of the Thames and Medway estuaries to the majestic White Cliffs of Dover. Spectacular panoramic views follow the route along the escarpment of the old sea cliffs from Folkestone to Rye and from the sandstone cliffs of the High Weald at Hastings. The historian is treated to the "Saxon Shore" forts built by the Romans at Reculver, Richborough, Dover and Lympne, to the landing place of St. Augustine and of Caesar and to defences of more modem times against Napoleon and Hitler
My Feature Video and pictures are River Thames at Gravesend UK Gravesend Town Pier Royal Terrace Pier HM Custom House London St Georges Church Sail Barges on the Thames Shornhead foed Higham Saltings Cliffe Fort Lower Hope Reach Village of Cliffe and it Beautiful St Helen’s Church Cooling Castle and old St James Church info center Cooling Village Horseshoe cross wooden Bridge and climb up Absorb outstanding panoramic views up The Thames Estuary on to High Halstow village and old Church stunning views on to Fenn Street walking along the eadge of the River Medway Hoo St Werburgh Church Lower Upnor Village Cockham farm views from Upnor Castle stunning views over St Mary’s Island Rochester bridge Rochester Castle and Rochester Cathedral My Sunsets I taking from Top of Rochester Bridge This is the End of Part 1 of The Saxon Shore Way Start of walk at River Thames at Gravesend UK
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The Saxon Shore Way passes through two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, numerous Sites of Special Scientific Interest and several Nature Reserves. The route offers walkers an excellent opportunity to explore Kent's history. Saxon Shore way Follow the Saxon Shore Way along Kent's ancient coastline, which in many places is now miles inland. Walkers along the route will find Iron Age hill forts; magnificent churches and an impressive cathedral; Martello towers; historic ports; and castles dating from periods throughout history.
Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, Gravesend on the River Thames. These include a Paddle Steamer, Barges, Yachts, Tugs The River is still of great importance to Gravesend today as an operational base for the Port of London Authority
THE Church at Cliffe is dedicated to St. Helen and bears the distinction of being the only church in Kent dedicated to that Saint. It stands in a prominent position at the edge of the Hoo peninsula overlooking the extensive marshes which at this point stretch some two miles to the Thames.
Cooling Castle A short distance to the left along Cooling Road, the path passes the gatehouse of Cooling Castle A little further along the road you can also see the remains of a tower and part of the moat. Continuing along the road, the path reaches St James's Church in Cooling
The Hoo Peninsula, located on the north Kent coast 30 miles east of central London, extends into the Thames Estuary between Gravesend and Rochester. It separating the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Medway. It is dominated by a line of sand and clay hills, surrounded by an extensive area of marshland composed of alluvial silt
St Mary's Island, is part of the Chatham Maritime development area in Medway, South East England. It is located at the northern end of Chatham,from St Mary's Island you can see Lower Upnor across the river. Looking more to the west, you can see Upnor Castle.
Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the River Medway in Kent. It is in the village of Upnor, opposite and a short distance downriver from the Chatham Dockyard, Situated on the banks of the River Medway, this attractive turreted castle is set in a picturesque village area backed by rolling, wooded hills.
The Rochester bridge was built of iron girders supported on masonry piers, 600 feet in length and weighing 700 tons. The East Kent Railway became the London Chatham and Dover Railway 1 August 1859 and in 1861 the bridge became a part of the newly completed Chatham Main Line from London to Dover
Rochester is a city of great antiquity. There was a settlement of some importance here well before the Roman occupation of Britain in AD43 The Romans almost certainly built the first bridge and fortified the town,
Cathedral is the second oldest earliest cathedral in England after Canterbury.
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