Swanscombe
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Swanscombe /ˈswɒnzkəm/ is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe. It is 4.4 miles west of Gravesend and 4.8 miles east of Dartford.
All Saints' Church, Swanscombe
Back of the Swanscombe-skull (replica)
Box of 8 hand axes from the middle gravels of Barnfield Pit, contained in the British Museum.
Lithics from Swanscombe on display at the Museum of London.
Borough of Dartford
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The Borough of Dartford is a local government district with borough status in the north-west of the county of Kent, England. It is named after its main town of Dartford, where the council is based. Other notable settlements include Greenhithe, Stone and Swanscombe, along with an emerging new town at Ebbsfleet, and a number of smaller villages. The borough lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London, but a sizeable part of it lies within the M25 motorway which encircles London. Many of the borough's urban areas form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. The borough had a population of 116,800 at the 2021 census.
Aerial of Dartford and the Dartford Crossing over the River Thames
Borough of Dartford
Ebbsfleet International
Fastrack at Bluewater Shopping Centre