Dartford

Dartford is the main town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, in England. It is about 18 miles south-east of London, on the River Darent. It is today a commuter town for London, but it has been more important in the past.

In prehistoric times, the first people appeared in the Dartford area about 250,000 years ago. Archaeological investigations have uncovered important finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Roman villas were built along the Darent Valley. During the medieval period Dartford was an important waypoint for travellers.

Dartford was a crossing-point for the River Darent when the Romans colonised Britain.

Dartford Media

• The quarry at Bluewater, showing the underlying chalk

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  The Royal Oak Pub, which has seventeenth-century origins, in Dartford

• Dartford Library from the Southwest Corner.jpg

  The Library and Museum in front

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  The gatehouse of Henry VIII's Royal Manor

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  Mural depicting Dartford's industrial heritage painted at One Bell Corner. The mural was designed and painted in 2000 by artist Gary Drostle.

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  The Chemical Works at Dartford c. 1896

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  Low cost shopping units in the Priory shopping centre

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  Dartford, DA1 - Civic Centre 

• The twentieth-century war memorial in Dartford

• The Orchard theatre in Dartford Camera location