Bluewater

Bluewater Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre, located just outside Dartford, Kent, and accessible from the M25 motorway and A2. Opened on 16 March 1999 in a former chalk quarry after ten years of building works, the site occupies 240 acres and has a sales floor area of 154,000 m2 over three levels, making it the fifth-largest shopping centre in the UK.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Apple Bluewater and Showcase Cinemas Bluewater.

Apple Bluewater

Electronics store

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Apple Bluewater is an electronics store.

Showcase Cinemas Bluewater

Movie theater

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Showcase Cinemas Bluewater is a movie theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenhithe and Ebbsfleet Valley.

Greenhithe

Village

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Greenhithe is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is located 4 miles east of Dartford and 5 miles west of Gravesend.

Ebbsfleet Valley

Town

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Dartford is a commuter town for Greater London in Kent, with a long history of religious, industrial and cultural importance town.

Swanscombe

Village

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Swanscombe is a town in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is 4.4 miles west of Gravesend and 4.8 miles east of Dartford. It had a population of 6300. Swanscombe is situated 1½ miles east of Bluewater.

Bluewater

Type: Park
Location: Stone, Dartford District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.43935° or 51° 26′ 22″ north

Longitude

0.27007° or 0° 16′ 12″ east

Elevation

56 feet (17 metres)

Open location code

9F32C7QC+P2

GeoNames ID

7281602

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