Gravesend

Summary

Gravesend is a town^[1]. Gravesend ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,360 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gravesend is located in Gravesham^[3].
• Gravesend is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Gravesend is on the body of water River Thames^[5].
• Gravesend's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Gravesend's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Gravesend's instance of is recorded as market town^[8].
• Gravesend's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cambrai^[9].
• Gravesend's twinned administrative body is recorded as Neumünster^[10].
• Gravesend's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chesterfield County^[11].
• Gravesend's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jalandhar^[12].
• Gravesend's Commons category is recorded as Gravesend, Kent^[13].
• Gravesend's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[14].
• Gravesend's local dialing code is recorded as 01474^[15].
• Gravesend's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ647740^[16].
• Gravesend's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.441666666667, 'lon': 0.36861111111111}^[17].
• Gravesend's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gravesend, Kent^[18].
• Gravesend has a population of {'amount': '+66000'}^[19].
• Gravesend has a population of {'amount': '+74000'}^[20].
• Gravesend's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1086^[21].
• Gravesend's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Gravesend's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[23].
• Gravesend's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Gravesend's capital of is recorded as Gravesham^[25].
• Gravesend's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gravesend'}^[26].
• Gravesend's category for people born here is recorded as Q21085762^[27].

Body

Geography

Gravesend is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Gravesend is located in Gravesham^[3]. Gravesend is on the body of water River Thames^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Gravesend covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+99.1'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+66000'}^[19] and {'amount': '+74000'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6], unparished area^[7], and market town^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gravesend include Gravesend railway station^[29], a railway station^[30], in United Kingdom^[31].

Why It Matters

Gravesend ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,360 views/month).^[2] Gravesend has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Gravesend is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Gravesend include Gravesend railway station^[29], a railway station^[30], in United Kingdom^[31].