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Dartford
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Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames Estuary, is Thurrock in Essex, which can be reached via the Dartford Crossing. To its east lies the Borough of Gravesham and to the south the district of Sevenoaks. It had a population of 51,240.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Dartford
- UK place.static_image_name
- Southwest Corner of Holy Trinity Church, Dartford.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Holy Trinity Church, Dartford
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.population
- 51,240
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ538739
- UK place.shire_district
- Dartford
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dartford
- UK place.post_town
- DARTFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- DA1, DA2
- UK place.postcode_area
- DA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01322
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Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames Estuary, is Thurrock in Essex, which can be reached via the Dartford Crossing. To its east lies the Borough of Gravesham and to the south the district of Sevenoaks. It had a population of 51,240.
The town centre lies in a valley through which the River Darent flows and where the old road from London to Dover crossed: hence the name, which derives from Darent + ford. Dartford became a market town in medieval times and, although today it is principally a commuter town for Greater London, it has a long history of religious, industrial and cultural importance. It is an important rail hub; the main through-road now by-passes the town itself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dartford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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