Dartford

Worth seeing in and around Dartford

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Stone Castle

   Stone Castle is a castle at Stone, near Western Quarry in Kent, England. It was built between 1135 and 1140 on the site where William the Conqueror signed a treaty with the men of Kent in 1067.

   4.2 km · castle in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   3.8 km · shopping centre in Stone, Dartford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Swanscombe Heritage Park

   The Swanscombe Skull Site is a 3.9-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve in Swanscombe, Kent, England, now forming part of the broader Swanscombe Heritage Park. The site lies within Barnfield Pit, the most significant of several former gravel quarries that once supplied raw materials to the nearby Swanscombe Cement Works, and contains two Geological Conservation Review sites.

   5.7 km · geological site and nature reserve in Kent, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Dartford Heath

   Dartford Heath Common is an area of open heathland situated to the south-west of Dartford, Kent, England, that covers around 314 acres of open space. Dartford Heath is classified as lowland heath and is one of only two substantial heathland blocks remaining in Kent.

   2.2 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Broadway Shopping Centre, Bexleyheath

   Broadway Shopping Centre is the principal covered shopping centre in the town centre of Bexleyheath and is the largest single covered shopping facility in the London Borough of Bexley.

   5.1 km · shopping mall in Greater London · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ebbsfleet Valley

   Ebbsfleet Valley is a new town and redevelopment area in Kent, South East England, and part of the Thames Gateway, southwest of Gravesend. Development is coordinated by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation.

   5.6 km · new town in Dartford, Kent, England, undergoing development as part of the Ebbsfleet Garden City project · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Darenth

   The Church of St Margaret of Antioch at Darenth, Kent, is a church with Norman origins thought to be the third oldest in Kent and the sixth oldest in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade I listed building.

   3.4 km · Grade I listed church in Darenth, Dartford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Purfleet Chalk Pits

   Purfleet Chalk Pits is a 10.7-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Purfleet in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   4.9 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Purfleet in Essex · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hall Place and Gardens

   Hall Place is a historic building in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London, built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London. The house was extended in 1649 by Sir Robert Austen, a merchant from Tenterden in Kent.

   4 km · Grade I listed house and museum in Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bexley Civic Offices

    The Bexley Civic Offices is a municipal facility in Watling Street, Bexleyheath, London. It is the headquarters of the Bexley London Borough Council.

    4.6 km · municipal building in London, England · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Tilbury Fort

   Tilbury, RM18 7NR (13 miles east of Dartford),.

From Wikivoyage: Dartford, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Football: London City Lionesses were promoted in 2025 so they play soccer in Women's Super League, their top tier. Their home ground is Princes Park, capacity 4000, south side of town. They're not affiliated with a men's club. Ebbsfleet United (men) were relegated in 2025 to play in National League South, the sixth tier.

From Wikivoyage: Dartford, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Dartford

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 43 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 47 km · London Stansted (STN), 49 km

Stations

Slade Green railway station, 3.2 km · Stone Crossing railway station, 3.3 km · Greenhithe railway station, 4.3 km · Bexley railway station, 4.8 km · Farningham Road railway station, 4.9 km

• London → Dartford

  25 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £2.5–3.5
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• London, Essex → Dartford

  25 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £2.5–3.5
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• Luton, Luton → Dartford

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dartford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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