Foulness Island

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Foulness Island is a sparsely populated tidal island off the coast of Essex, England, known for its salt marshes, birdlife, and long-standing use as a military testing range.

All labels observed (2)

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Foulness Island canonical 8
Foulness Island peninsula 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
tidal island
access controlled by military
restricted
administeredBy Essex County Council
Rochford District
affectedBy North Sea flood of 1953
connectedBy road causeway
country United Kingdom
governedAs civil parish
hasActivity explosives testing
ordnance testing
hasBuilding St Mary the Virgin Church, Foulness
hasDesignation Site of Special Scientific Interest
hasEcologicalType coastal wetland
saltmarsh habitat
hasFeature creeks
drainage ditches
sea walls
hasFormerOperator Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
hasLandUse arable farming
grazing
hasSettlement Churchend
Foulness village
historicalEvent North Sea flood of 1953
importantFor migratory birds
wading birds
knownFor birdlife
military testing range
salt marshes
locatedIn England
Essex
North Sea
River Thames estuary
linked to: Thames Estuary
locatedNear Maplin Sands
Shoeburyness
Southend-on-Sea
militaryOperator Ministry of Defence
partOf Essex coast
Thames Estuary marshes
populationDensity sparsely populated
region East of England
surroundedBy mudflats
salt marshes
usedBy Ministry of Defence
usedFor military research
weapons testing

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rochford District containsSettlement Foulness Island
River Crouch hasNearbyIsland Foulness Island
Great Wakering locatedOn Foulness Island peninsula
linked to: Foulness Island
Great Wakering hasNeighbouringSettlement Foulness Island
Wakering Marshes locatedNear Foulness Island
Foulness Point area near Foulness Island
Crouch–Roach estuary nearbySettlement Foulness Island
Wallasea Island locatedNear Foulness Island