Gravesend

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Gravesend

Total population

58,102

Coordinates51.44°, 0.37°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross on the south bank of the River Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the Diocese of Rochester, it is the administrative centre of the borough of Gravesham. Gravesend marks the eastern limit of the Greater London Built-up Area, as defined by the UK Office for National Statistics. It had a population of roughly 60,250 in 2021.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in England

• Grays
  3.2 mi away · pop. 36,601
• Hartley
  4.9 mi away
• Luddesdown
  5.1 mi away
• Meopham
  5.1 mi away
• Horndon On The Hill
  5.7 mi away
• South Ockendon
  5.9 mi away
• Dartford
  6.5 mi away
• Fobbing
  7.5 mi away
• Erith
  8.6 mi away
• Foots Cray
  11 mi away
• Leigh on Sea
  13.8 mi away
• Lee
  15.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gravesend

East London, Billericay and Gravesend

Ordnance Survey · 1996

Gravesend and Rochester

Ordnance Survey · 1997

Greenwich and Gravesend

Ordnance Survey · 1999

Gravesend redevelopment (draft proposals)

England. Corporation Gravesend · 1945

Report and statement of accounts

Gravesend & North Kent Hospital (Gravesend, Kent, England) · 1929

The charter of the incorporated town and parishes of Gravesend and Milton, in the county of Kent

Gravesend (Kent, England) · 1797

Tilbury-Gravesend ferry survey report

Essex (England). County Council. · 1979

Gravesend

Robert H. Hiscock · 2010

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-17

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-17

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-16

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Blue

Polyommatus icarus

Seen 2026-09-16

Luminous Centipede

Geophilus carpophagus

Seen 2026-09-16

Sloe Bug

Dolycoris baccarum

Seen 2026-09-16

Spotted Firebug

Corizus hyoscyami

Seen 2026-09-16

Yellow Shell Moth

Camptogramma bilineata

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers