Gravesend

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human settlement town

Gravesend is a historic riverside town on the south bank of the River Thames in north-west Kent, England.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Kent ⓘ
connectedBy Gravesend–Tilbury ferry ⓘ
country England ⓘ
countrySubdivision England ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 21 miles east-south-east of central London ⓘ
etymology name thought to derive from ‘graaf-ham’ or ‘place at the end of the grove’ or ‘graves’ end’ ⓘ
governingBody Gravesham Borough Council ⓘ
hasCategory Borough of Gravesham ⓘ
surface form: Gravesham

Populated places on the River Thames ⓘ
Towns in Kent ⓘ
hasDialCode 01474 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commuter town for London ⓘ
river-related trade and industry ⓘ
hasFeature Fort Gardens ⓘ
Gravesend Town Pier ⓘ
Milton Chantry ⓘ
New Tavern Fort ⓘ
St George’s Church, Gravesend ⓘ
Thames and Medway Canal (nearby) ⓘ
Town Pier ⓘ
historic riverside town centre ⓘ
riverside promenade ⓘ
hasLandmark statue of Pocahontas at St George’s Church ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Ebbsfleet Valley ⓘ
Northfleet ⓘ
Tilbury ⓘ
surface form: Tilbury (across the Thames)
hasPort Port of London ⓘ
surface form: Port of London (Gravesend reach)
hasPostcodeArea DA ⓘ
hasTransport Gravesend railway station ⓘ
historicalAssociation burial place of Pocahontas ⓘ
historicCounty Kent ⓘ
locatedIn Kent, England ⓘ
surface form: Kent

South East England ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea London commuter belt ⓘ
locatedInRegion north-west Kent ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames
locatedOpposite Tilbury ⓘ
OSGridReference TQ 645 742 ⓘ
partOf Borough of Gravesham ⓘ
railwayLine High Speed 1 ⓘ
surface form: High Speed 1 (via nearby Ebbsfleet International)

North Kent Line ⓘ
riverBank south bank of the River Thames ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pocahontas → deathPlace → Gravesend ⓘ
Thurrock → hasFerryServiceTo → Gravesend ⓘ
Kent → hasMajorTown → Gravesend ⓘ