Swanscombe and Greenhithe

Swanscombe and Greenhithe is a civil parish in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The two villages which give the parish its name are both located on the south bank of the River Thames, approximately midway between Dartford town and Gravesend.

Swanscombe village is an ancient one. The area today is undergoing a good deal of regeneration, from industry (cement works at one time dominated it) to housing and lighter industrial use. Dartford Borough Council has therefore dedicated a Neighbourhood Renewal Officer to oversee its development. Greenhithe railway station also serves the Bluewater shopping centre.

In 1981 Swanscombe Parish Council was upgraded to Swanscombe and Greenhithe Town Council, thus electing its own mayor for the first time.^[1] The parish had previously been part of Axstane Hundred, Dartford Rural District and a separate Urban District^[2]

References

↑ See http://swanscombe.com/newsevents/history.asp retrieved Jan 2016, article by Christoph Bull the former Reference and Information Librarian at Dartford Central Library
↑ See www.visionofbritain.org.uk Swanscombe UD article, retrieved Jan. 2016

External links

Towns and villages in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England

	Bean Betsham Darenth Dartford Greenhithe Hawley Hook Green Joyden's Wood Longfield New Barn Southfleet Stone Sutton-at-Hone Swanscombe Temple Hill Wilmington

List of places in Kent

Coordinates: 51°27′00″N 0°18′32″E / 51.4500°N 0.3090°E / 51.4500; 0.3090

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