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Geneive Road, DA11 9FN

Factories used to line this road but have recently been demolished for redevelopment.

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 next to 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. In the 1850s up to 20,000 visitors passed through the turnstiles in a week. By 1880 the gardens had reached the peak of their popularity and in 1901 they were closed. In 1924 five acres of the land was sold to W T Henley’s Cable Works, which had occupied the land between Rosherville Gardens and the Thames since 1906. In 1939 Henley’s bought the rest of the land and the site was completely cleared. Most of Henley's Works has in turn been cleared. The site of Rosherville Gardens was to the left of Crete Hall Road seen here and this side of the chalk cliff. The area will soon be redeveloped again as part of the Thames Gateway.

Passing between the now disused TT Electronics sites. There will soon be redevelopment here as part of the Thames Gateway Project, read more here http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2007/01/17/thames_gateway_facts_dartford_gravesend_feature.shtml

This site is now disused and will be redeveloped over the next few years as part of the Thames Gateway Project. See here to read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2007/01/17/thames_gateway_facts_dartford_gravesend_feature.shtml

The TT Electronics sites are either side of this road. They are now disused and will be demolished and redeveloped as part of the Thames Gateway Project. Read more here http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2007/01/17/thames_gateway_facts_dartford_gravesend_feature.shtml

Planning permission has been granted by Ebbsfleet Development Corporation under application number EDC/17/0039 for the “realignment of Crete Hall Road and infilling/stopping up of existing Crete Hall Road including demolition of the boundary wall of the WT Henley Building, associated infrastructure and earthworks”. A fine display of litter on both sides of the road and a shopping trolley thrown over the fence!