Gravesham

Gravesham ( GRAYV-shəm) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. The council is based in its largest town of Gravesend. The borough is indirectly named after Gravesend, using the form of the town's name as it appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086. The district also contains Northfleet and a number of villages and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the borough lie within the Kent Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The neighbouring districts are Dartford, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, and Medway, plus Thurrock on the opposite side of the River Thames. Gravesham is twinned with Cambrai in Hauts-de-France, France and Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Gravesham parliamentary constituency covers the same area as the borough. The entire borough is due to be abolished in April 2028 through major changes to local government in much of England. Gravesham will merge with the two adjacent councils of Dartford and Medway to form a new North Kent unitary authority, which will provide all services currently provided by Gravesham and Kent County Council (which will also be abolished). Shadow elections will be held in April 2027.