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No end to the Town Pier show this summer in Gravesend

A summer of family-friendly events has been unveiled for Gravesend Town Pier, the world’s oldest cast iron pier supported by Uber Boat by Thames Clippers.

Published: Thursday, 15th May 2025

Town pier
  • Changes to bus routes through Gravesend town centre

    Bus routes are changing in Gravesend town centre with the closure of the bus gate on King Street from 1 April.

    Published: Thursday, 2nd March 2023

    King street gate
  • New leisure centre for Gravesham gets planning green light

    The proposed replacement for Cascades Leisure Centre in Thong Lane, Gravesend, received the go ahead from planners at a meeting of the authority’s planning committee last night (Wednesday).

    Published: Thursday, 2nd March 2023

    Artists impression of proposed leisure centre
  • Latest new council homes for residents are opened

    The latest apartments in our programme to build hundreds of new council-owned social homes for residents on the authority’s housing register opened in Valley Drive this week.

    Published: Wednesday, 1st March 2023

    Cllr Jenny Wallace cutting a red ribbon outside new council homes.
  • Tough decisions are ahead as £4.3 million budget gap looms

    Gravesham Borough Council faces tough decisions over the coming years to tackle an anticipated budget gap of £4.3 million predicted for the financial year 2026/27.

    Published: Wednesday, 22nd February 2023

    Councillor John Burden
  • Sobering report highlights problems facing public’s access to GP services

    New reports found that patients in North Kent are much less satisfied with their experience of accessing GP services than across England as a whole.

    Published: Monday, 13th February 2023

    Gp surgery
  • Celebrations for the King's Coronation

    The Coronation ceremony for His Majesty King Charles III will take place on Saturday 6 May 2023.

    Published: Thursday, 2nd February 2023

    His Majesty King Charles III
  • Permission granted for latest development of new council homes

    We are to continue our long-term programme of building new council homes after permission was granted for our latest development at St Columba’s Close, Gravesend

    Published: Thursday, 2nd February 2023

    Development plans for new houses
  • Blow for Gravesend regeneration plans after second Levelling Up Fund bid rejected

    The future regeneration of the town centre is at risk after Gravesham Borough Council’s second bid for £20 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund was rejected.

    Published: Thursday, 19th January 2023

    Plans for St George's Square regeneration
  • Man convicted in relation to fly tipping offences

    Man sentenced to serve a 12 month Community order and to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £1390 in costs and a victim surcharge of £95.

    Published: Tuesday, 10th January 2023

    Country lane surrounded by green hedges, blue skies and pile of rubbish waste dumped on the roadway.
  • Man fined over £1000 for fly-tipping in Cobham

    A man has been ordered to pay over £1,000 following a fly tipping offence near Scotlands Lane in Cobham.

    Published: Thursday, 29th December 2022

    Image showing rubbish bags carrying waste which has been fly tipped
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