Shorne

Shorne
The old post office and the top of Crown Lane
Shorne Location within Kent
Population	2,487 (2011 census including Thong)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ692710
District	Gravesham
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gravesend
Postcode district	DA12
Dialling code	01474
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Gravesham
List of places UK England Kent 51°24′47″N 0°25′56″E / 51.412943°N 0.432235°E / 51.412943; 0.432235

Shorne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The parish lies 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Gravesend. Most of the land is well-drained but its marshes, the Shorne Marshes reach down to the Thames Estuary and are an SSSI amid the North Kent Marshes on the Hoo Peninsula proper.