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

Daniel Jarvis, 37, from Gravesend in Kent, ran on to the pitch at the start of the match between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 7 September.

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Merseyside Police said the 37-year-old, from Gravesend in Kent, had been charged with disrupting a person engaged in a lawful activity.

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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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