plymothian
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Ryde Pier Head
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Shoeburyness I think is another very nearly but not quite. Nearby Chalkwell has fine watery views but their estuarine rather than the sea proper.
I don't think Berwick upon Tweed quite does and I'm not sure about Dunbar.
Saltburn?
Shoeburyness I think is another very nearly but not quite. Nearby Chalkwell has fine watery views but their estuarine rather than the sea proper.
I always thought it should be Southend-on-Thames rather than 'on-Sea'.
You mean train ferries?
In the same way that Weston-super-Mare should be "Weston-super-Severn" then? Both are on a wide stretch of water officially defined as an Estuary that in practice is effectively beyond the standard point the water is considered to be in a river. Once you get past the Medway heading downstream the definition of the Thames is very ambigious, epecially on the northern side. Officially, The Nore (a sandbank) defines the boundary; on the north side, Shoebury Ness (note the way I've typed that) is usually accepted as the boundary.
That close to the sea a name of [town]-on-[river] just doesn't work on a wide estuary. Most people would tell you it is the sea. (Only us pedants won't )
Yes, I suppose I do, but didn't boat trains sometimes get quite close to the sea to load pax and cargo onto ferries? Probably not much closer than they do now, though, I suppose.
Margate station is very close to the sea (And is the terminus for HS1 services via Canterbury)
Dont rate it as a place though tbh :P Much prefer its neighbour Broadstairs
Cleethorpes isn't beside the sea, as it the River Humber at that point
Seeing as we're going for pedantry on this thread, there is no such thing as the River Humber
A little diversion from this thread, but what's the station the furthest inland from which you can see the sea?
Colwyn Bay
Sheerness-on-Sea is very close to the sea, also.
I always thought it was tidal as far as Teddington - and without locks it would be tidal as far as Staines.but the Thames is to Richmond and would be tidal to Reading if it had no locks.
Close to but cant see the sea from it due to a massive Tesco being in the way.
I always thought it was tidal as far as Teddington - and without locks it would be tidal as far as Staines.
Correct about the river being tidal to Teddington, but only partially as Richmond lock keeps the river at at least half tide, and is fully open for a few hours near high tide.
I've only recently moved to Kingston from Shoreham-by-Sea and whenever I go to the riverside I still think at first 'the tide is in', coming from a town with a wide tidal estuary.
But back to stations that you can see the sea from, Seaford in East Sussex.
Seeing as we're going for pedantry on this thread, there is no such thing as the River Humber
Leigh on Sea is also very close and the odd train used to (and may still) terminate here.