Gravesend

[greyvz-end]

noun

1. a seaport in NW Kent, in SE England, on the Thames River: incorporated into Gravesham 1974.

Gravesend

/ ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd /

noun

1. a river port in SE England, in NW Kent on the Thames. Pop: 53 045 (2001)

Example Sentences

In June 2024, Purnoor Bawa, from Gravesend, was jailed for six years for touching six women inappropriately during treatment sessions between 2013 and 2019.

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She said: "I have nightmares, I wake up crying, I can't go into certain spaces in Gravesend, and I can't see the street name without being sick, I struggle enormously."

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She had been referred to his private physiotherapy clinic in Gravesend by her insurance company, after sustaining a hip injury in a car crash.

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The project, which will link Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent with two tunnels, is the first infrastructure scheme where a lead environmental regulator will be appointed.

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This week, it was announced that the Treasury would give £590m to the Lower Thames Crossing - a new tunnel under the estuary - which would link Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent.

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