Gravesend
Gravesend is in the county of Kent in the South East region of England. Gravesend is a historic town on the river Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Since the late 14th century passengers have been transported to and from London by water on a "Tilt Boat".
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- Town with about 74,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 feet (20 metres)
- …is also known as “Gravesend, Kent”
- Description: town in Kent, England
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gravesend railway station and Tilbury Fort.
Gravesend railway station
Gravesend railway station serves the town of Gravesend in north Kent, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northfleet and Tilbury.
Northfleet
Northfleet is a town in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England.
Singlewell
Singlewell is an area and council ward south… Singlewell is situated 2 miles south of Gravesend.
Gravesend
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Latitude
51.4425° or 51° 26′ 33″ north
Longitude
0.3694° or 0° 22′ 10″ east
UN/LOCODE
GB GVS
Open location code
9F32C9R9+XQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Gravesend” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غريفزند”
- Asturian: “Gravesend”
- Azerbaijani: “Qreyvzend”
- Basque: “Gravesend”
- Belarusian: “Грэйвсенд”
- Catalan: “Gravesend”
- Cebuano: “Gravesend”
- Chinese: “格雷夫森德”
- Czech: “Gravesend”
- Dutch: “Gravesend”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جراڤيسيند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جريفزند”
- Esperanto: “Gravesend”
- Finnish: “Gravesend”
- French: “Gravesend”
- German: “Gravesend”
- Hebrew: “גרייבסנד”
- Indonesian: “Gravesend, Kent”
- Indonesian: “Gravesend”
- Irish: “Gravesend”
- Italian: “Gravesend”
- Japanese: “グレーブズエンド”
- Japanese: “グレーブセンド”
- Japanese: “グレイヴズエンド”
- Japanese: “グレイヴゼンド”
- Japanese: “グレイブズエンド”
- Japanese: “グレイブセンド”
- Korean: “그레이브젠드”
- Ladin: “Gravesend”
- Latin: “Greva”
- Latvian: “Greivsenda”
- Macedonian: “Грејвзенд”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gravesend”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gravesend”
- Persian: “گریوزند”
- Polish: “Gravesend”
- Portuguese: “Gravesend”
- Romanian: “Gravesend”
- Russian: “Грейвзенд”
- Rusyn: “Грейвзенд”
- Serbian: “Грејвсенд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gravesend”
- Silesian: “Gravesend”
- Sindhi: “گريوزينڊ”
- Slovak: “Gravesend”
- Slovenian: “Gravesend”
- South Azerbaijani: “قریوزند”
- Spanish: “Gravesend”
- Swedish: “Gravesend”
- Tatar: “Грейвзенд”
- Turkish: “Gravesend”
- Ukrainian: “Грейвсенд”
- Urdu: “گریوسینڈ”
- Volapük: “Gravesend”
- Welsh: “Gravesend, Caint”
- Welsh: “Gravesend”
- Western Frisian: “Gravesend”
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Kent: Highlights
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