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Tilbury Fort
Wednesday to Sunday
Spend a great family day out here as you explore the magazine houses used to store vast quantities of gunpowder or enter the bastion magazine passages and feel what it was like for the soldiers who lived here. Our exhibition traces the role of the fort in the defence of London.
Tilbury Fort
Tilbury Fort on the Thames estuary has protected London’s seaward approach from the 16th century through to the Second World War.
Henry VIII built the first fort here, and Queen Elizabeth I famously rallied her army nearby to face the threat of the Armada. The present fort is much the best example of its type in England, with its circuit of moats and bastioned outworks.
Who to contact
- Website
- www.english-heritage.org.uk/
- Scan to visit this website
Where to go
- Name
- Tilbury Fort
- Address
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Fort Road
Tilbury
Essex
- Postcode
- RM18 7NR
- View RM18 7NR on a map
- Notes
Parking: Beside entrance. Loose gravel surface.
Costs
- Details
- Member: Free, Adult £4.50, Child (5-18 years) £2.70, Concession £4.10, Family (2 adults, 3 children) £11.70
Last Updated
Last updated: 10/09/2021