This extensive museum and gallery is housed within the Thameside Complex. There are forty permanent displays and twenty temporary exhibitions. In total there...

The 14th Century timber-framed roof is one of the few outward examples of the original chantry that still remain here. The rest of the...

Visitors can view exhibits relating to the centre’s variety of uses over the centuries, reflecting its status as Gravesend’s oldest building. It began its...

The museum is located in the original Custom House’s Coach House and displays a wide variety of seized goods and historical items. Some of...

These gardens were donated to the residents of Gravesend by General Gordon of Khartoum fame. The grounds originally belonged to Fort House and contain...

Visitors can step back in time in the fort’s network of underground tunnels and experience life as a Gravesend resident during the Second World War....

All that remains of Henry’s Blockhouse today is the foundations excavated during the 1980s. However, in 1540 the Blockhouse was one of five forts...

The Royal Terrace Pier was built in 1844 as The Terrace Pier, but was renamed Royal in 1863 after Princess Alexandra of Denmark arrived there...

Although used now for concerts, exhibitions and plays, the Mission House was built in 1840 as the Spread Eagle tavern, before being converted in 1870...

One of Gravesend’s most striking landmarks, the portland stone Clock Tower stands over 18m tall and its four clock faces are each over 1.5m in...

Gravesend’s Town Pier is the world’s oldest remaining cast iron pier and was built in 1834 as a passenger pier. Perhaps the most striking...

The climb to the top is worth it for the spectacular views it offers of the River Thames. Whilst at the summit visitors can...

Located in tranquil surroundings at the heart of the Kent countryside, this English Heritage site represents a fine example of an Elizabethan artillery fort....

Kent is often known as the garden of England, and it is a county that as well as having natural beauty has a long and...

This castle’s origins date back to the 11th Century when the Bishop of Rochester, Gundolf, undertook to build one of the first stone castles in...