Shorne

Shorne
The old post office and the top of Crown Lane
Shorne is located in Kent
Shorne
Shorne
Location within Kent
Population2,487 (2011 census including Thong)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ692710
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGravesend
Postcode districtDA12
Dialling code01474
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
51°24′47″N 0°25′56″E / 51.412943°N 0.432235°E / 51.412943; 0.432235

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.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 September 2015.