Dereliction at The Shore, Gravesend
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Dereliction at The Shore, Gravesend
Image: © Marathon Taken: 5 Apr 2012
No part of Gravesend is more run down at present than the area along by the river to the west of the centre, in the area known as Rosherville. Rosherville Gardens were laid out in 1837 in one of the disused chalk pits just west of here by Crete Hall Road, and covered an area of 17 acres. Their full title was the 'Kent Zoological and Botanical Gardens Institution’. In the Victorian period they became a favourite destination for thousands of Londoners, many travelling by paddle steamer down the River Thames to disembark at the pier built to service the gardens. By 1880 the gardens had reached the peak of their popularity and in 1901 they were closed. This scene of desolation by The Shore should hopefully be transformed at some stage by the Thames Gateway development. At present the litter strewn riverside walkway beyond the bollards leads nowhere.
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