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Hampton-on-Sea

Near Herne Bay, Kent

A seaside village built for oystermen, then taken by the sea within a lifetime.

In the 1860s an oyster company built a pier and houses here, and a small resort was planned. But the sea kept eating away at the soft clay coast.

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When
Washed away early 1900s
Where
51.3700, 1.1000
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

Walk the seafront path west from Herne Bay to the Hampton pier.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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