Cliffe is a small village in Kent with a historic character, situated on a low chalk escarpment overlooking the Thames marshes and offering views of Southend-on-Sea and London. The population was 2,239 in 1961 and the area remains part of the parish of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods within the borough of Medway.
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Cliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, in the borough of Medway in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. It is on the Hoo Peninsula, reached from the Medway Towns by a three‑mile (4.8 km) journey along the B2000 road. Situated upon a low chalk escarpment overlooking the Thames marshes, Cliffe offers views of Southend‑on‑Sea and London. In 774 Offa, King of Mercia, built a rustic wooden church dedicated to St Helen, a popular Mercian saint who was by legend the daughter of Coel of Colchester. Cliffe is cited in early records as having been called Clive and Cliffe‑at‑Hoo. In 1961 the parish had a population of 2,239. On 1 April 1997 the parish was abolished to form "Cliffe & Cliffe Woods", part of which consisting of Frindsbury Extra.