Erith Dockyard, Purfleet

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Facts and practical information

Erith Dockyard located at Erith, Kent, England was an early Tudor naval dockyard operated by the English Navy that opened in 1512 due to persistent flooding the dockyard closed in 1521. ()

Coordinates: 51°28'52"N, 0°10'53"E

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Bexley (Erith)Purfleet United Kingdom

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Erith Dockyard – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: London Outer Orbital Path, Our Lady of the Angels Church, The Diver, St. Augustine's Church.

~1060 ftNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
London Outer Orbital Path, London
6 min walk • The London Outer Orbital Path — more usually the "London LOOP" — is a 150-mile signed walk along public footpaths, and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, England, described as "the M25 for walkers".
0.8 miW
Church, Modernist architecture
Our Lady of the Angels Church, Dartford
22 min walk • Our Lady of the Angels Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Erith, London. It was built in 1963 by the Capuchins who have been in the area since 1867. It is located on the corner of Bexley Road and Carlton Road.
1.1 miN
Monuments and statues
The Diver, London
29 min walk • The Diver is a sculpture by John Kaufman located in the River Thames at Rainham, east London. The Diver is made of galvanised steel bands on a steel frame and is 15 feet tall and approximately 6 feet wide and is partly submerged every high tide and totally submerged by spring and neap tides.
0.7 miSE
Church
St. Augustine's Church, London
19 min walk • St Augustine's Church is a Victorian Church of England parish church in Slade Green, in the Diocese of Rochester. Established as a daughter of the Church of St Paulinus, Crayford in 1900, St Augustine's became its own parish in 1925. The church is dedicated to the patron saint Augustine of Canterbury.
0.7 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Erith Playhouse, London
17 min walk • The Erith Playhouse is a theatre in Erith, London.
1.2 miSE
Neighbourhood
Slade Green, Dartford
31 min walk • Slade Green is an area of South East London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley and the historic county of Kent. It lies northeast of Bexleyheath, northwest of Dartford and south of Erith, and 14 miles east-southeast of Charing Cross.
0.8 miSW
Neighbourhood
Northumberland Heath, Dartford
21 min walk • Northumberland Heath is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley, south east London, England. Northumberland Heath is often referred to locally as "North' Heath" and is often considered to be part of upper Erith.
1.2 miW
Town, Neighbourhood
Belvedere, London
31 min walk • Belvedere is a town in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies close to the River Thames, with Erith to the east, Bexleyheath to the south, and Abbey Wood and Thamesmead to the west.
0.8 miN
Neighbourhood
Coldharbour, London
20 min walk • Coldharbour is an area of the London Borough of Havering by the River Thames and southwest of the Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve. It is the location of Coldharbour Point, where there has been a lighthouse since 1885. This point is adjacent to the town of Erith in Bexley, across the Thames.

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Which popular attractions are close to Erith Dockyard?

Nearby attractions include Erith Playhouse, London (17 min walk), St. Augustine's Church, London (19 min walk), Coldharbour, London (20 min walk), Northumberland Heath, Dartford (21 min walk).