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Ingress Park

Greenhithe

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction S)

Greenhithe is an area of Kent found sandwiched between the River Thames and Watling...

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Queen Elizabeth 11 Bridge Dartford

Dartford

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction S)

The interest of the town focus's on The Holy Trinity Church, this originated in the 11th century and has a Norman tower...

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Alms Houses, South Weald, Brentwood, Essex

Brentwood

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction N)

In the romantic days of coach travel Brentwood was a staging post on an old road to London...

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View from Windmill Hill, Gravesend, Kent

Gravesend

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction SE)

Attractive old town overlooking the Thames estuary with walkways and picnic sites ideal for watching the busy water traffic, for this stretch of the river is said to be one of the busiest in the world...

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Eltham Palace

Eltham

(10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction SW)

The attractive suburb of Eltham is part of the urban sprawl of Greater London...

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Pretty pub in the village of Eynsford, Kent

Eynsford

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction S)

This is a small town in the Darent Valley. Way back in the mists of history it was thought to be an important town, but is now not much bigger than a large village. It is.....

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St Mildred's Church (The Little Church in the Field)

Meopham

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction SE)

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Greenwich Royal Palace, Greenwich, Greater London. Spring 2005

Greenwich

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction W)

The might of british sea-power and the historic town of Greenwich are inseparable. Two famous English sea-faring vessels are here, one is the Cutty Sark, a famous old clipper that shipped tea from China in the 19th-century, and the other, from the 20th-century is Gypsy Moth 1V, sailed round the world by Sir Francis Chichester...

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St Marys Church Higham

Higham

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction SE)

An interesting village situated between Gravesend and Rochester in Kent, with links to the author Charles Dickens, the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin, and auctioneer and.....

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The Priory Church of St. Laurence, Blackmore, Essex. Dates back to 12th century.

Blackmore

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction N)

The village of Blackmore has a long and fascinating history. It lies in an area mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086, and one of its oldest and most attractive buildings is the Priory Church of St. Lawrence...

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Around the South Lake

Thorndon Country Park

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction NE)

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West side of Hall Place, Bexley

Hall Place

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction SW)

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Eastbury Manor House, in Barking

Eastbury Manor House

(6.7 miles, 10.9 km, direction W)

Elizabethan merchant's house and gardens. It is said that the Gunpowder Plot was first contrived here...

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A picture of Tilbury Fort

Tilbury Fort

(6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction SE)

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Havering Country Park, Romford

Havering Country Park

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction NW)

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Red House, Bexleyheath, home of William Morris, NT property

Red House

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction SW)

Philip Webb (1831-1915) was the first significant architect of the Arts and Crafts movement, and the Red House he built in 1859.....

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Weald Country Park, Essex

Weald Country Park

(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction N)

At almost 500 acres and once a deer park used for hunting by the Abbots of Waltham in around 1063, Weald Park has plenty of.....

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Sun through the trees at Westley Heights Country Park, Westley Heights, Essex

Westley Heights Country Park

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction E)

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A picture of New Tavern Fort

New Tavern Fort

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SE)

Amongst the fascination of the waterfront at Gravesend is New Tavern Fort, and although the fort was re-armed in 1904 and guns.....

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View from highest point

One Tree Hill Country Park

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction E)

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