Foreness Point

{{Short description|Headland of Kent, England}}

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File:Foreness Point from Botany Bay (low tide) - geograph.org.uk - 248364.jpg. Picture taken at low tide.]]

Foreness Point is a low headland on the coast of Kent in England. It extends a short distance into the entrance of the Thames Estuary, on the north coast of Thanet, between Palm Bay in Cliftonville and Botany Bay in Broadstairs. Off the point there is a reef, exposed at low tide, known as Long Nose Spit, where common periwinkles are collected by the public as a food item.{{cite web|last=Humphereyes|first=Ian|title=Changes in the near-shore biotope at Foreness Point Margate in relation to harvesting of the common periwinkle Littorina littorea|year=2002|url=http://www.thanetcoast.org.uk/pdf/NEKentCoastConf(Oct2002)_ENRR570_prt2.pdf|access-date=2010-09-20}} There is a water treatment plant on the headland.

There have been a number of shipwrecks in this location. In 1857 the transatlantic passenger ship Northern Belle was wrecked off the point. In 1907 the Norwegian ship Coronel ran aground: it was later refloated and returned to service.{{cite book | first =Anthony | last =Lane | year =2009 | title =Shipwrecks of Kent | pages =18, 22 | publisher =The History Press | location =Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-1720-2 }} In 1934 the British ship Orchis ran aground, and was also later refloated and returned to service.

During the Second World War there was a Chain Home Low radar station at Foreness.[http://www.radarpages.co.uk/mob/ch/chainhome11map.htm Foreness Radar Station]