Southfleet
| Southfleet | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 The Ship Inn in the centre of Southfleet | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ615715 |
| Location: | 51°24’58"N, 0°19’15"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 918 (2011) |
| Post town: | Gravesend |
| Postcode: | DA13 |
| Dialling code: | 01474 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dartford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dartford |
Southfleet is a small village and parish in the Axtane Hundred of Kent. The village is located three miles south-west of Gravesend, while the parish includes within its boundaries the hamlets of Betsham and Westwood.
Southfleet takes its name from the River Fleet, a minor tributary of the River Thames. The water that supplied the river came from a place called Springhead, where there were watercress and oyster beds; the river then flowed through Southfleet, Ebbsfleet and Northfleet.
The village is grouped around a crossroads and many of its buildings, including the Ship Inn, are extremely old. The parish church of St Nicholas has 14th-century origins, although pre-Roman Christian remains have been found in the area.
Transport
Southfleet had a railway station on the Gravesend West Line, which operated from 1886 to 1953. The section of the trackbed south of the A2 road of that closed line was used by Eurostar services to London Waterloo.
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