A fleet is a saline waterway within the
North Kent Marshes in
Kent,
England, on the
Hoo Peninsula between
Rochester and
Gravesend
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the Bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Ro ...
and on the
Isle of Sheppey. It also has the meaning creek or inlet. The word comes from the Old English ''Flëot'' 798, ''Fletes'' 1086. They are a part of a nature reserve.
In the
Cliffe Marshes Cliffe may refer to:
Places in England
* Cliffe, Kent, a village
* Cliffe, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, a village and civil parish
* Cliffe, Selby, North Yorkshire, a village and civil parish
* Cliffe, a village that is now a part of Lewes, ...
the most prominent are the
* Cliffe Fleet
* Hope Fleet
* Salt Fleet
* Decoy Fleet
On Sheppey the most prominent is the
* Capel Fleet.
References
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Landforms of Kent
Bodies of water of England