Outport

Outport is a name for a small port built to support the commercial operations of a large port.^[1] The Port of Tilbury from the Port of London is a good example. Avonmouth for Bristol and, on a smaller and now historical scale, Fordwich for Canterbury are others.^{[citation needed]}

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