A grassroots campaign to save a “landmark” historic building has been launched. Residents and councillors are calling for the opportunity to repurpose the Old Town Hall in Gravesend High Street to ...

A replica of Christopher Columbus's flagship has docked in Kent. The Nao Santa María, which operates as a floating museum, is docked in Gravesend Town Pier and is open to the public until Monday ...

The public’s help is sought to find a missing child last seen near a town pier. Mylie Bovell, from Dartford, was last seen at about 3pm today (June 24) in Royal Pier Road in Gravesend, headed in the ...

Man describes rescuing boy from Thames at Gravesend - after body found in search for missing girl George Karnovski has described how he jumped into the water to pull the "11-year-old" boy out ...

Police searching for a nine-year-old girl in the River Thames have found a body, as her brother continues to recover in hospital.

Lifeboats and coastguard helicopters spent yesterday afternoon hunting for the girl, who vanished near the Royal Terrace Pier at Gravesend, Kent, in front of her parents.

Coastguard officials said a boy has been recovered from the water - emergency services responding to reports of a girl missing in the Thames have suspended their search ...

The oldest surviving cast iron pier in the world is being reopened following a long restoration project. Grade II listed Gravesend Town Pier, in Kent, was originally opened in 1834. But the ...

Gravesend has two piers just a five-minute walk from each other: the Town Pier and the Royal Terrace Pier, which stretch out into the River Thames. The town, which apparently gets its grim name ...

In Gravesend, Kent, the Town Pier and the Royal Terrace Pier, which stretch out into the River Thames and are just a five-minute walk from each other, ranked low on the list.

AN English town right on the River Thames has an unusual link to an iconic Disney princess. Gravesend, in Kent, is a commuter town thanks to its fast trains to London taking less than 25 minutes. I… ...