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Clifton Marine Parade, GRAVESEND, DA11 0DH

From beside Baltic Wharf apartments, which overlook the River Thames.

This is the riverside walkway between Clifton Marine Parade and Baltic Wharf. In this photograph the development of Baltic Wharf is on the right, whilst Tilbury Power Station is across the Thames to the left. The pier is the old West Street Pier - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2883374 Unfortunately the other end of the walkway at Clifton Marine Parade is not quite what was envisaged by its builders - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2885675

Formerly fronting the Imperial Paper Mills site, this in now redeveloped with flats and, mainly, retail parks.

The branch railway from Farningham Road was opened on 10 May 1886, closed to passengers on 3 August 1953 and closed completely on 25 August 1968. The majority of the station was demolished in 1991 but the pier with its covered way, West Street bridge and a short section of platform survived until September 2006, when the remaining section of viaduct and the bridge over West Street were demolished http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/gravesend_west_street/index.shtml This view was taken from the top of a wall at Baltic Wharf.

The end of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's branch to attempt to get a share of the Gravesend market from the South Eastern Railway. The two companies were to merge, and this line was rather pointless for passengers thereafter, but remained partly open for freight until 1968.

Opened in 1886 by the Gravesend Railway as the terminus of its line from Longfield, this station closed to passengers in 1953 and completely in 1968. View north west from Stuart Road. There was a long platform and covered walkway stretching round onto the pier, visible to the right. To the left was a small goods yard. The main building was roughly where the trees on the extreme left now are.

View NE from near site of Gravesend West Street station - off to right: terminus of ex-SE&CR branch from Farningham Road, closed to passengers 3/8/53, to goods 28/3/68. Across the Thames Estuary is Tilbury Power Station.

The Gravesend West Line branched off the Swanley to Chatham line at Fawkham Junction and continued to Gravesend where the railway company constructed a pier to connect trains with steamers. The line opened in 1886 and closed to passenger services in 1953, remaining open to freight until 1968. The majority of Gravesend West station was demolished in 1991, with the remaining section of viaduct and bridge over West Street going in September 2006. This left the pier in glorious isolation. It is here viewed from the riverside walkway by Baltic Wharf. For more information on the Gravesend West Line see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend_West_Line and http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/g/gravesend_west_street/index.shtml The car park for Wickes in Stuart Road is now on the site of Gravesend West station.

View NE, across the Thames Estuary to Tilbury; site of former Gravesend West Street station. (Cf. Image], also Image).