Swanscombe and Greenhithe is a Town in the county of Kent.

Retail in Swanscombe and Greenhithe

There are great places to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe including some great towns, historic buildings, beaches, parks, museums, castles, shopping centres, cities, ruins, country parks, lakes, coastal parks and airports.

Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover are some of Swanscombe and Greenhithe best towns to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys.

Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap are some of Swanscombe and Greenhithe best beaches to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Don't miss Victoria Gardens's parks if visiting the area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Ramsgate Maritime Museum is one of Swanscombe and Greenhithe's best, nearby museums to visit in Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Castles to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe include Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle.

Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre are great places to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe if you like shopping centres.

Places near Swanscombe and Greenhithe feature a number of interesting cities including Canterbury.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe like Tonbridge Castle.

Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park are some of Swanscombe and Greenhithe best country parks to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe is near some unmissable lakes like Barden Lake,

Don't miss Barton's Point Coastal Park's coastal parks if visiting the area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Lydd Airport is a great place to visit close to Swanscombe and Greenhithe if you like airports.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe History

There are some historic monuments around Swanscombe and Greenhithe:

• New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, including Milton Chantry
• Purfleet magazine
• Bulphan World War II bombing decoy, 850m and 890m south west of Doesgate Farm
• Lullingstone Roman villa and Saxon church
• Roman enclosure SE of Vagniacae
• Earthworks near church, West Tilbury
• Dovecote at Hawley Manor
• Dene holes in Hangman's Wood
• Eynsford Bridge
• Medieval woodland boundary in Darenth Wood
• Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.
• Crop mark complex, Orsett
• Springhead Roman site
• Tilbury Fort
• A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
• Fort Farningham: a London mobilisation centre
• Lullingstone Castle gateway
• A major Roman villa, an Anglo-Saxon settlement and prehistoric remains 600m SSE of Darenth Court Farm
• Roman barrow 260m north east of South Ockendon Hall
• A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks
• Deserted medieval manorial settlement of Cossington
• Medieval moated site and associated fishpond, Franks Hall.
• Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole
• Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
• Gatehouse and moat of South Ockenden Old Hall
• Bishop Bonner's Palace, Orsett
• Dovecote at High House, Purfleet
• Monastic grange at Friary Court
• Gravesend blockhouse
• Aspdin's kiln
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park
• Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley
• Causewayed enclosure and Anglo-Saxon cemetery 500m ENE of Heath Place
• Howbury moated site
• Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church
• Neolithic sites near Ebbsfleet
• Eynsford Castle