Fort · near East Tilbury · Essex

Coalhouse Fort

Coalhouse Fort is an artillery fort at Coalhouse Point. It stands 1.6 km southeast of East Tilbury. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Coalhouse Fort, The original uploader was Sue Wallace at English Wikipedia. (CC BY 3.0)

Where

1.6 km

southeast of East Tilbury

Run by

Thurrock Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Fort near East Tilbury

Just outside East Tilbury

Coalhouse Fort is 1.6 km southeast of East Tilbury. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; East Tilbury has 12 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Which month to go

The warmest afternoons in East Tilbury run May to September, at 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°50 mm

Feb8° / 2°39 mm

Mar11° / 4°35 mm

Apr14° / 5°37 mm

May17° / 8°43 mm

Jun20° / 11°47 mm

Jul23° / 13°45 mm

Aug22° / 13°55 mm

Sep20° / 11°47 mm

Oct15° / 8°59 mm

Nov11° / 5°60 mm

Dec8° / 3°56 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in East Tilbury, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for East Tilbury. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. East Tilbury’s full climate →

About

Coalhouse Fort

This is a site of Thurrock Council. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages. Close by, Rochester Castle is 9.6 km away, one of 50 within 15 km.

East Tilbury’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: Thurrock Council
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: 1.6 km southeast of East Tilbury
Official site: coalhousefort.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Orange shows Coalhouse Fort; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns near Coalhouse Fort

Among the 8, Gravesend is the biggest, home to 58,105 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · 1.6 km northwest of it

East Tilbury

5,751 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 2.7 km west of it

Tilbury

14,187 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 3 km southwest of it

Gravesend

58,105 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km northwest of it

Chadwell St Mary

10,680 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Coalhouse Fort is	People	Places to visit
East Tilbury	1.6 km northwest of it	5,751	6
Tilbury	2.7 km west of it	14,187	11
Gravesend	3 km southwest of it	58,105	11
Chadwell St Mary	3.7 km northwest of it	10,680	10
Lower Higham	4.2 km southeast of it	685	11
Cliffe	4.3 km east of it	2,531	2
Stanford-le-Hope	4.5 km north of it	29,527	2
Southfields	5 km northwest of it	1,167	3

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Coalhouse Fort

4 castles, 2 historic ships and a cathedral are among the 50 within 15 km.

Castle · English HeritageRochester Castle9.6 km away 2

CathedralRochester Cathedral9.8 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageUpnor Castle9.2 km away 4

Fort · English HeritageTilbury Fort4.2 km away 5

CastleCooling Castle6.3 km away 6

Historic shipHMS Cavalier10 km away 7

CastleNew Tavern Fort4.5 km away 8

Historic shipRussian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475)9.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Coalhouse Fort

Where is Coalhouse Fort?

Coalhouse Fort is 1.6 km southeast of East Tilbury, Essex.

What is Coalhouse Fort?

Artillery fort at Coalhouse Point in Essex, England, UK.

Who runs Coalhouse Fort?

Thurrock Council.

When is the best time to visit Coalhouse Fort?

May to September are the warmest months in East Tilbury, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Coalhouse Fort a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Coalhouse Fort?

Within 15 km: Rochester Castle (9.6 km), Rochester Cathedral (9.8 km), Upnor Castle (9.2 km) and Tilbury Fort (4.2 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Coalhouse Fort: The original uploader was Sue Wallace at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rochester Cathedral: Raggatt2000, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Upnor Castle: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tilbury Fort: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cooling Castle: shirokazan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Cavalier: en:User:Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
New Tavern Fort: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Russian Foxtrot B-39 (U 475): Hammersfan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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