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Visitor-Guide-2018-Web.Pdf VISITOR GUIDE 2018/19 Discover Kent’s Hidden Gem GRAVESEND www.visitgravesend.co.uk Visitor Guide 2015/16 Visit our website Join us on www.visitgravesend.co.uk facebook.com/visitgravesend Find further information about the area, events listings, online accommodation booking on our tourism website. twitter.com/visit_gravesend we are here! Acknowledgments Want to feature Details and information contained in your business with this visitor guide have been supplied by accommodation providers, attraction Visit Gravesend? managers and other hospitality businesses. If you’ve liked our guide and Please note that Visit Gravesend cannot are interested in taking a accept responsibility for any errors, space in next year’s brochure, omissions or subsequent alterations. please get in touch with We hope you will enjoy your stay, visits to the us. Spaces are available to local attractions, and events in the Borough. accommodation providers, But if you are not satisfied, please take up the visitor attractions, event matter with the manager immediately so they organisers, and any other have the opportunity to address the problem. hospitality businesses. 36Telephone:www.gogravesham.comwww.visitgravesend.co.uk 01474 33 76 00 Email: [email protected] Visitor Guide 2018/19 Welcome to GRAVESEND Guide 2018/19 Gravesham has been welcoming The borough has two leisure centres, visitors for centuries and today remains Cascades and Cygnet, which provide a well-connected place for the tourist great sports facilities for all the family. and those on business. The high speed In addition, Cyclopark is a world class rail link has brought Gravesend closer BMX and cycling facility worth a visit. to London and the river offers the opportunity to take more leisurely routes This year, Gravesham is excited to from the new pontoon. launch three brand new historic tours for groups. These are conducted by the The borough is as diverse and council’s own accredited tour guides. cosmopolitan as its people, Gravesend is full of historic and There’s always plenty to do in the cultural connections. borough and it makes a convenient base from which to venture further Charles Dickens lived here and took afield in Kent and London. inspiration from our villages and marshland walks as well as the town. Cllr Jordan Meade Cobham Hall with its famous landscaping Gravesham Lead Member for and extraordinary architecture was the Heritage, Tourism & Youth home of cricket’s Ashes and the first English settlers of the New World departed from the piers of Gravesend. Gravesend boasts one of the oldest Contents Chartered Borough Market in Kent and celebrated its 750th birthday in February. 04 Town and Villages After undergoing a major refurbishment with the assistance of £1.8m Coastal 06 Countryside Communities Funding the market is a 08 Walking and Cycling building of historic importance and a thriving shopping location. 10 History and Heritage General Gordon stayed in the town 12 Fun and Entertainment and devoted huge energy to creating 14 Heritage & Outdoor Events schools and improving local amenities. Both are remembered with statues in 16 Riverside Events the borough. 17 Town Centre Events Up to date, the magnificent Sikh 18 Arts & Culture Events Gurdwara is the largest in Europe and attracts admirers from all over 20 Accommodation the globe. www.visitgravesend.co.uk 03 Visitor Guide 2018/19 Gravesend Riverside Pier and Pontoon Town and Villages Discover Kent’s Hidden Gem Discover more about Gravesend’s Featuring well-known High Street unique and historic position on chain stores and a good variety the River Thames and its role as a of independent shops, two maritime gateway to the Port of shopping centres, Gravesend London. No other town in Kent can Town Centre boasts a wide offer the Thames-side ambience of range of good value shopping. Gravesend. Enjoy walking, cycling or horse-riding in the exceptional local Visit the Gravesend countryside and popular country Heritage Quarter and parks and meander around the Gravesend’s old High charming local villages of Cobham, Street upon which Higham, Shorne, Meopham, Gravesend Borough Vigo and Luddesdown with their Market, Chartered 1268, is pleasant pubs and restaurants. located. This is a bustling shopping and street food market Visit one of Kent’s great estates at adjacent to the Old Town Hall. Cobham Hall and take a stroll in Cobham Park’s historic landscape. Then head for the ‘big name’ Invade Gravesham’s unique stores in the main shopping street ‘cluster’ of defence heritage and of New Road and the adjoining wonder at the craftsmanship of shopping centres at Thamesgate the Sikh Temple and the serenity of and St George’s Centre. historic churches in the borough. 04 www.visitgravesend.co.uk Visitor Guide 2018/19 Gravesend Riverside Owletts, Cobham Further afield is the regional shopping centre Bluewater. Gravesham has an excellent and increasing variety of great places to eat and drink. Whether you are looking for an inventive Indian restaurant or fine modern Mediterranean cuisine with panoramic views of the River, Cobham Mausoleum an award winning Fish & Chip restaurant or good food in the smart surroundings of a village restaurant, a traditional public house within a ball’s throw of a cricket pitch or a local café, then you will be able to find somewhere with great food, affordable prices and attention to service. If you are looking for local, fresh and seasonal produce why not start by attending Gravesham’s monthly Farmers’ Market at Gravesend High St. Gravesend Borough Market, visiting a farm shop or making contact direct with local food producers in the Borough. Pocahontas Statue, Gravesend www.visitgravesend.co.uk 05 Visitor Guide 2018/19 Luddesdown Countryside Discover Kent’s Hidden Gem Nestling between the River Thames Plan your visit to include a Estuary wetlands of international walk or cycle to or around importance and the North Downs, one or more of the the countryside to the east villages of Cobham, and south of Gravesend is an Higham, Luddesdown, exceptional Area of Outstanding Meopham, Shorne National Beauty containing ancient and Vigo. Call in to woodland and country parks, absorb the peace of an historic villages of windmills, country ancient country church houses and cricket on the green. or enjoy refreshment in one of the many Trace the numerous literary and historic public houses. film connections this area has and especially with the life and novels of The diverse and vibrant landscape Charles Dickens, England’s renowned of the Kent Downs stretches along novelist. An area which he called ‘the the Thames escarpment of the fairest spot in the Garden of England’. North Downs on the eastern side of Gravesham. It forms a section of the 06 www.visitgravesend.co.uk Visitor Guide 2018/19 AONB that extends across Kent from Cobham its Surrey border following the North Downs to Canterbury and on to Dover. Comprising the dramatic chalk escarpments to the south of Vigo and the secluded dry valleys, networks of lanes, historic hedgerows, ancient woodlands and traditional orchards of Meopham, Cobham and Luddesdown, the AONB boasts locally distinctive villages, unique and precious wildlife and sites of historic and cultural interest. All these were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1968. Enjoy stunning views of the Thames Higham Estuary and Marshes from Chalk Marshes to the east of Gravesend. Internationally recognized for the importance of its marine and terrestrial habitats, they are part of the North Kent Marshes along the15 km, south bank of the Thames Estuary. Many birds can be seen on the coastal grazing marsh, salt marsh and mudflats, such as breeding, passage and wintering waterfowl and farmland birds; supporting struggling species, such as Lapwing and Redshank, nationally rare Meopham and scarce plant species, as well as endangered, vulnerable and rare invertebrate species. The Saxon Shore Way offers a walk along the Thames from Gravesend or Cliffe Pools. Cyclists can also visit the Chalk Marshes nature reserve using the Sustrans track, which runs alongside the Thames & Medway Canal to the south of the reserve. Meopham Windmill www.visitgravesend.co.uk 07 Visitor Guide 2018/19 Walking and Cycling Discover Kent’s Hidden Gem With a cluster of country alongside the Thames & Take your bike along the parks, community Medway Canal, follow National Cycle Route woodland, and historic sections of the long that weaves its way parklands, Gravesham distance Saxon Shore across town or enjoy the provides quality outdoor Way, Wealdway, the network of bridleways on activities. North Downs Way or horseback. discover the Darnley The Cyclopark is Gaze out across the Thames Trail within the historic showcased as Kent’s valley from a vantage point landscape of Cobham newest multi sports at Gravesend’s Windmill Park and enjoy the activity venue, offering Hill or experience the numerous secluded first class BMX, cycling, views across the estuarine country footpaths that skateboarding, running marshes from Higham and criss-cross the area. and extreme sports Shorne. facilities, and provides the Relax in the more formal With access to the Kent ideal venue for a family parks and open spaces countryside further afield, day out. within the town. Gordon Gravesham is an ideal Gardens has colourful Walk in ancient base to explore so much floral displays and woodland at Cobham more. Woodlands Park with its and Ashenbank Woods, children’s play areas. 08 www.visitgravesham.com EVENTS/EXHIBITIONS/MEMBERSHIP/GROUPS AND VENUE HIRE/EVENTS/
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