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Hythe Quay barge shore (Blackwater)

Riverbank, tidal Inferred from historyGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: barge gear fragments.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Saxon hythe turned Thames sailing barge home port at the head of the Blackwater, salt works since 1882 and a working shipyard at Cooks Yard

The barge port is thoroughly documented; foreshore finds by the promenade are informal local reports, not published accounts

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Estuary mud famous enough to race in: stay on the gravel apronTide floods the flats fast

Keep exploring nearby

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