St Nicholas' Church, the original parish church, dates back to the 14th century but the current building is 17th century. The entrance to the churchyard features a set of skull-and-bones on top of the posts. A plaque on the north wall commemorates playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was murdered in a nearby house, and buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard on 1 June 1593

Chris and the big scary head.

The big scary head. Some say that this is what inspired the skull and cross bones used in pirate stories.

We then walked along the docks where there were lots of crazy industrial structures. I love the high / low tide signal system.