Estuary 2021

Canvey Island Dutch Cottage Museum

Canvey Island was drained and embanked by the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden in the 17th century. Numerous Dutch workers and their families settled here and they built rather unusual octagonal cottages of which two still survive.One cottage, in…

Estuary 2021 Associated Programme Publication

Decoy

Anna Falcini will present daily findings from a site-specific residency at one of the few remaining decoy ponds on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent.

Estuary 2021

Elmley Nature Reserve

Elmley is a place to escape into nature, whether that be for the day or overnight. It is a vast wilderness with a spectacular landscape, soul-stirring skies and breathtaking wildlife.

Estuary 2021

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend is situated in the town of Gravesend, Kent, England (UK). The new Gurdwara was opened in November 2010,It is the second Gurdwara in Gravesend in addition to Guru Ravidaas Gurdwara, Brandon Street, after the…

Estuary 2021

Hadleigh Farm Estate

The Hadleigh Farm Colony was established in 1891 by William Booth and was developed as part of the Salvation Army's pioneering social programme.

Estuary 2021

Prittlewell Priory

Prittlewell Priory was founded by the Cluniac Order in the early 12th century as a cell to the Priory of St Pancras at Lewes, Sussex.It was one of the lesser monasteries housing not more than 18 monks.

Estuary 2021

Rainham RSPB

Part of the Thames Estuary, not far from the bustling streets of London, Rainham Marshes is a haven for all kinds of wildlife

Estuary 2021

Ramsgate Royal Harbour

Ramsgate is a seaside resort situated on the Isle of Thanet, the most easterly point in Kent, ‘The Garden of England’.

Estuary 2021

The Crow Stone

The Crowstone’s copper plate – now turned green – records that it was erected in 1836 and marked the seaward limit of the River Thames as then controlled by the City of London, and that it replaced a stone of 1755, both standing together until the…

Estuary 2021

Tilbury Fort

Tilbury Fort on the Thames estuary has protected London’s seaward approach from the 16th century through to the Second World War.