Tilbury
Tilbury is a port town on the north bank of the Thames in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England.
Tilbury is a port town on the north bank of the Thames in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. The town was established as separate settlement near East and West Tilbury and Tilbury Fort in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of the parish of Chadwell St Mary. The Gravesend–Tilbury Ferry was an ancient and important crossing point. Tilbury is part of the Port of London with a major deep-water port which contributes to the local economy. It lies 24 miles (39 km) east of central London and adjoins the town of Grays. It is the southernmost point in Essex. At the 2021 census the Tilbury built up area had a population of 14,185.
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Worth seeing in and around Tilbury
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01West Thurrock
West Thurrock is an area the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies 18 miles east of Charing Cross, London.
5.9 km · traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England · Wikipedia - 02Stone Castle
Stone Castle is a castle at Stone, near Western Quarry in Kent, England. It was built between 1135 and 1140 on the site where William the Conqueror signed a treaty with the men of Kent in 1067.
5.9 km · castle in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Swanscombe Heritage Park
The Swanscombe Skull Site is a 3.9-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve in Swanscombe, Kent, England, now forming part of the broader Swanscombe Heritage Park. The site lies within Barnfield Pit, the most significant of several former gravel quarries that once supplied raw materials to the nearby Swanscombe Cement Works, and contains two Geological Conservation Review sites.
4.4 km · geological site and nature reserve in Kent, England · Wikipedia - 04Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara
The Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara ) is a Sikh Gurdwara situated in the town of Gravesend, Kent. It is the largest Gurdwara in Europe and also one of the largest outside India.
2.6 km · gurdwara in Gravesend, Gravesham, Kent, England · Wikipedia - 05Coalhouse Fort
Coalhouse Fort is an artillery fort in the eastern English county of Essex. It was built in the 1860s to guard the lower Thames from seaborne attack.
5.2 km · artillery fort at Coalhouse Point in Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Ebbsfleet Valley
Ebbsfleet Valley is a new town and redevelopment area in Kent, South East England, and part of the Thames Gateway, southwest of Gravesend. Development is coordinated by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation.
5.1 km · new town in Dartford, Kent, England, undergoing development as part of the Ebbsfleet Garden City project · Wikipedia - 07Stonebridge Road
Stonebridge Road is a multi-purpose stadium in Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, England, also known as Morrow Stadium for sponsorship reasons. It is primarily used for football matches.
2.8 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 08Lakeside Shopping Centre
Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre located in West Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. It was constructed on the site of a former chalk quarry.
6 km · shopping mall in Essex, UK · Wikipedia - 09Tilbury Fort
Tilbury Fort, also known historically as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an artillery fort on the north bank of the River Thames in England. The earliest version of the fort, comprising a small blockhouse with artillery covering the river, was constructed by King Henry VIII to protect London against attack from France as part of his Device programme.
1.4 km · bastioned fort on the Thames Estuary · Wikipedia - 10St George's Church, Gravesend
St George's Church, Gravesend, is a Grade II*-listed Anglican church dedicated to Saint George the patriarch of England, which is situated near the foot of Gravesend High Street in the Borough of Gravesham. It serves as Gravesend's parish church and is located in the diocese of Rochester in Kent, England.
2 km · Anglican church in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tilbury
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 48 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 51 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 57 km
- Stations
- Ebbsfleet International railway station, 3.2 km · Port of Tilbury, 900 m · Northfleet railway station, 2.9 km · Greenhithe railway station, 5.6 km · Swanscombe railway station, 3.6 km
- London → Tilbury34 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £4–5
- London, Essex → Tilbury34 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £4–5
- Luton, Luton → Tilbury71 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £9–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tilbury
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tilbury. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Tilbury
Tilbury is 33 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gravesendtown in Kent, England2.2 km
- Graystown in Essex, England2.7 km
- Thurrockunitary authority area with borough status in Essex, England, UK6 km
- Northfleettown in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England2.7 km
- Swanscombesmall town in the Dartford Borough of Kent, England, United Kingdom4.3 km
- Southfleetvillage and civil parish in Kent, England5.6 km