Foulness Island
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Foulness Island is an island in Essex, England, in the Thames estuary. It is separated from the mainland by narrow creeks. The island is usually closed to the general public, having been taken over fo
Deserted roads of Foulness Island geograph.org.uk 901311
Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939 warning sign, in 1988.
Foulness and Potton Island, as they appear in 2013
Closed city
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A closed city or town is a settlement where travel or residency is restricted. In the Soviet Union, closed cities were quarantined for research and military purposes. Many of them have stayed closed i
Foulness Island
…Foulness Island () is an island in Essex, England, in the Thames estuary. It is separated from the mainland by narrow creeks. The island is usually closed to the general public, having been taken over for military use in 1914. The island forms a civil parish called Foulness, which had a population of 158…
Central entry checkpoint to Seversk, a closed city in Russia's Tomsk Oblast, 2010
A checkpoint in Zheleznogorsk, a closed city in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai, 2011
A view of housing units in Severomorsk, a closed town that serves as the headquarters of the Northern Fleet in Russia's Murmansk Oblast, 2010
A street in Snezhinsk, a closed town in Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast, 2006