Northfleet
Sign in to savethumb|Thames sailing barges off Northfleet, 1898. thumb|Looking up Thames Estuary|Northfleet Hope from The Shore. Northfleet is a town in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. It is located immediately west of Gravesend, and on the border with the Borough of Dartford. Northfleet has its own railway station on the North Kent Line, just east of Ebbsfleet International railway station on the High Speed 1 line. According to the 2021 census, Northfleet has a population of 29,900 (rounded to the nearest 100).
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- NorthfleetHighSt8832.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Northfleet Hill dominated by the now-demolished cement plant chimneys.
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Northfleet
- UK place.population
- 29,900
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Gravesham
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Gravesham
- UK place.post_town
- Gravesend
- UK place.postcode_district
- DA11
- UK place.postcode_area
- DA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01474
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ6274
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 29900
- Image
- NorthfleetHighSt8832.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01474
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- OS grid reference
- TQ6274
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- Northfleet
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- DA11
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Article
35 sectionsContents
- Area
- History
- Rosherville Gardens
- Rosherville New Town
- Northfleet Harbour
- Northfleet during the Second World War
- Governance
- Demographics
- Industry and commerce
- Cement
- Paper
- Metals
- Northfleet Dockyard
- Cable works
- Transport
- Rail
- Education
- Media
- Northfleet churches
- Culture and community
- Rotary Club
- Portlands
- Battle of Britain
- Sports
- Ebbsfleet United Football Club
- Northfleet Football Academy
- Fleet Leisure Football Club
- Gravesham Borough Football Club
- Northfleet Urban Country Park
- Harbour Village
- Facilities
- Notable people from Northfleet
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Thames sailing barges off Northfleet, 1898. thumb|Looking up Thames Estuary|Northfleet Hope from The Shore. Northfleet is a town in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. It is located immediately west of Gravesend, and on the border with the Borough of Dartford. Northfleet has its own railway station on the North Kent Line, just east of Ebbsfleet International railway station on the High Speed 1 line. According to the 2021 census, Northfleet has a population of 29,900 (rounded to the nearest 100).
==Area== Northfleet's name is derived from being situated on the northern reach of what was once called the River Fleet, today known as the Ebbsfleet River. There is a village at the other end of the river named Southfleet.
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