Shorne | |
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The old post office and the top of Crown Lane | |
Location within Kent | |
Population | 2,487 (2011 census including Thong)[1] |
OS grid reference | TQ692710 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Gravesend |
Postcode district | DA12 |
Dialling code | 01474 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
Shorne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The parish lies 3 miles (4.8 km) 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.