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Greenhithe, Kent

Greenhithe is a village in Kent, on the south bank of the River Thames. The village waterfront was once lined with wharves for transshipping corn, wood and other commodities. It was a tourist resort in the Victorian era. Ingress Abbey is a Neo-gothic Jacobean-style country house built in 1833 on the site of an earlier Palladian-style house. It is within the council area of Dartford (Kent).

Place Type: Village
Historic County: Kent
Lat, Long: 51.453019,0.282579
Grid Reference: TQ 5869 7514
Civil Parish: Swanscombe and Greenhithe CP
Council Area: Dartford CA (Kent CA)
Police Area: Kent PA

GBPN ID: 19024
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Greenhithe,_Kent_19024

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