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The London Stone

A short walk along the estuary coast is Yantlet Creek, where the London Stone, accessible on foot at low tide, sits just off shore. This grade II listed granite obelisk is a boundary stone marking the eastern limit of the City of London’s centuries-old jurisdiction over the River Thames. It is directly opposite the Crowstone, on the Essex coast, forming a boundary line across the river – over four miles wide at this point.