Gravesham

Gravesham Borough of Gravesham
Borough and non-metropolitan district
Gravesend Royal Terrace Pier and town skyline
Gravesham located within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Borough
Admin HQ	Gravesend
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan District Council
• Body	Gravesham Borough Council
• Leadership	Member of Parliament
• MP	Lauren Sullivan
Area
• Total	38.23 sq mi (99.02 km2)
• Rank	198th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	106,970
• Rank	225th (of 296)
• Density	2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 76.6% White 11.2% Asian 6.5% Black 3% other 2.6% Mixed
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 49.2% Christianity 32.1% no religion 8% Sikhism 5.2% not stated 3.1% Islam 1.4% Hinduism 0.6% other 0.3% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UG (ONS) E07000109 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ647740
Website	www.gravesham.gov.uk

Gravesham (/ˈɡreɪvʃəm/ GRAYV-shəm) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. The council is based in its largest town of Gravesend. The borough is indirectly named after Gravesend, using the form of the town's name as it appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086. The district also contains Northfleet and a number of villages and surrounding rural areas.

Parts of the borough lie within the Kent Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The neighbouring districts are Dartford, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, and Medway, plus Thurrock on the opposite side of the River Thames.

Gravesham is twinned with Cambrai in Hauts-de-France, France and Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Gravesham parliamentary constituency covers the same area as the borough.