Swanscombe

Worth seeing in and around Swanscombe

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
   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.

   2.2 km · shopping centre in Stone, Dartford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   1.6 km · castle in 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.

   400 m · geological site and nature reserve in Kent, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   1.7 km · new town in Dartford, Kent, England, undergoing development as part of the Ebbsfleet Garden City project · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Stonebridge Road

   Stonebridge Road is a multi-purpose stadium in Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, England, also known as Morrow Stadium for sponsorship reasons. It is primarily used for football matches.

   1.6 km · stadium · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Clement's Church

   St Clement's Church is a Grade I listed building in West Thurrock, Essex, England. It is the church for one of the traditional parishes in Thurrock.

   2.6 km · church in West Thurrock, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Thurrock Town Hall

   Thurrock Town Hall is a newest part of municipal complex in New Road in Grays, Essex, a town in England. The complex accommodates the offices and meeting place of Thurrock Council.

   3.4 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Lion Pit

   Lion Pit is a 2.5-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Grays in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site, and part of the Chafford Gorges Nature Park, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

   3.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Beacon Wood Country Park

   Beacon Wood Country Park is a public woodland in Bean near Dartford, in Kent, England. It was previously an industrial claypit then re-claimed as woodland park open to the public, currently owned by Tarmac.

   3 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Ingress Abbey

    Ingress Abbey is a Neo-Gothic Jacobean-style country house in Greenhithe, Kent, England, built in 1833 on the site of an earlier Palladian-style house.

    800 m · country house in Greenhithe, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Swanscombe

Airports

London Gatwick (LGW), 47 km · London Stansted (STN), 49 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 53 km

Stations

Ebbsfleet International railway station, 1.6 km · Port of Tilbury, 3.4 km · Northfleet railway station, 1.7 km · Stone Crossing railway station, 2.5 km · Swanscombe railway station, 700 m

• London → Swanscombe

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £3.5–4.5
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• London, Essex → Swanscombe

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £3.5–4.5
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• Luton, Luton → Swanscombe

  70 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £9–12
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