Shorne
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Shorne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The parish lies east of Gravesend. Most of the land is well-drained but its marshes, the Shorne Marshes reach down to the Thames Estuary and are an SSSI amid the North Kent Marshes on the Hoo Peninsula proper.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Shorne
- UK place.population
- 2,487
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census including Thong)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Crown Lane Shorne - geograph.org.uk - 145599.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The old post office and the top of Crown Lane
- UK place.shire_district
- Gravesham
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gravesham
- UK place.post_town
- Gravesend
- UK place.postcode_district
- DA12
- UK place.postcode_area
- DA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01474
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ692710
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2487
- Image
- Crown Lane Shorne - geograph.org.uk - 145599.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01474
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- Shorne
- OS grid reference
- TQ692710
- postal code
- DA12
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Shorne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The parish lies east of Gravesend. Most of the land is well-drained but its marshes, the Shorne Marshes reach down to the Thames Estuary and are an SSSI amid the North Kent Marshes on the Hoo Peninsula proper.
==History== Shorne Barrow (or tumulus) and Randalls Wood Barrow are indications of Stone Age occupation.
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