Lower Horse

Lower Horse is a 31.1-acre (12.6 ha) uninhabited island off the English coast, lying in the Thames Estuary between Canvey Island and Stanford-le-Hope, close to grid reference TQ760828.

Ownership and size

It is part of Thurrock unitary authority; an internal border of its historical and ceremonial county Essex, namely of the administrative county of Essex is between it and Canvey Island.

Within, smaller than normal marks for a patch of saltings (traditional, open air, sea salt extraction through drying) feature in the leading map of 1919, which confirms the island's acreage.^[1]

Geography

Consisting of permanent marshland with six small internal creeks draining to the north; Lower Horse is part of the group of islands (five of which later re-clustered to form Canvey Island), that broke away from the English coastline in the medieval period.

See also

• Islands in the River Thames