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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9751 on: March 13, 2024, 06:23:27 PM »
Out on the Swanscombe Marshes somewhere?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9750 on: March 13, 2024, 05:23:24 PM »
Almost outside this group's area.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9749 on: March 13, 2024, 04:11:31 PM »
Not the Thames and Medway Canal.        Head further west.

Clue: A line of six-arm pylons crosses in front of the camera position.  Cables are out of sight above the camera line of view.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9748 on: March 13, 2024, 01:38:06 PM »
Long shot, but is it a silted up part of the Thames & Medway Canal?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9747 on: March 13, 2024, 12:52:19 PM »
Not Stangate or Sheppey. Head West.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9746 on: March 13, 2024, 11:19:43 AM »
is it Stangate Creek on the Medway?


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9745 on: March 12, 2024, 08:25:27 PM »
Next guess: are we on the Isle of Sheppey?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9744 on: March 12, 2024, 08:21:47 PM »
FYI, while I'm thinking, the two halves of the Yantlet used to be joined and formed a navigable creek between the Medway and the Thames.  It cut off the Isle of Grain from the Hoo Peninsular, thus making Grain a true island.  The northern mouth of the Yantlet is marked by the London Stone.  A line from there to near Southend-on-Sea  marks the limit of London's control of the Thames.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantlet for more details.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9743 on: March 12, 2024, 05:02:56 PM »
Yantlett?

Not Yantlett.  Never heard of that before, so had to look it up.  Something else I've learnt.

In the correct general area of Kent though.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9742 on: March 12, 2024, 04:27:44 PM »
Yantlett?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9741 on: March 12, 2024, 11:10:17 AM »
North Kent - yes
Cliffe marshes - no

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9740 on: March 12, 2024, 07:37:24 AM »
Is it on Cliffe Marshes?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9739 on: March 11, 2024, 07:39:31 PM »
North Kent?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9738 on: March 11, 2024, 07:07:27 PM »
Right, here we go again.

Where was this view taken from and what is the name of the waterway?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9737 on: March 11, 2024, 04:15:38 PM »
In lieu of location information, this is how it looks today:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3223401,1.1948594,3a,26y,49.98h,91.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQOzjYJ319Maq0HJBRl5HRg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu
The pub on the right and the house on the left are basically unchanged apart from the front door being blocked up and the rendering applied.  The rest of the street however ... !