Swanscombe and Greenhithe is a Town in the county of Kent.

Retail in Swanscombe and Greenhithe

There are great places to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe including some great towns, historic buildings, beaches, parks, museums, castles, shopping centres, cities, ruins, country parks, lakes, coastal parks and airports.

There are a several good towns in the Swanscombe and Greenhithe area like Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys.

The area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe boasts some of the best beaches including Viking Bay, Dumpton Gap, and Sandwich Bay.

Victoria Gardens is a great place to visit close to Swanscombe and Greenhithe if you like parks.

Ramsgate Maritime Museum is a great place to visit close to Swanscombe and Greenhithe if you like museums.

The area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe boasts some of the best castles including Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle.

Don't miss Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Canterbury is one of Swanscombe and Greenhithe's best, nearby cities to visit in Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Don't miss Tonbridge Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park are some of Swanscombe and Greenhithe best country parks to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe is near some unmissable lakes like Barden Lake,

The area around Swanscombe and Greenhithe's best coastal parks can be found at Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Airports to visit near Swanscombe and Greenhithe include Lydd Airport.

Swanscombe and Greenhithe History

There are some historic monuments around Swanscombe and Greenhithe:

• Howbury moated site
• Purfleet magazine
• Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church
• A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
• A major Roman villa, an Anglo-Saxon settlement and prehistoric remains 600m SSE of Darenth Court Farm
• Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
• Eynsford Bridge
• Gravesend blockhouse
• Deserted medieval manorial settlement of Cossington
• Eynsford Castle
• Fort Farningham: a London mobilisation centre
• Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole
• Lullingstone Castle gateway
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park
• Causewayed enclosure and Anglo-Saxon cemetery 500m ENE of Heath Place
• Dovecote at High House, Purfleet
• New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, including Milton Chantry
• Springhead Roman site
• Crop mark complex, Orsett
• Dovecote at Hawley Manor
• A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks
• Bulphan World War II bombing decoy, 850m and 890m south west of Doesgate Farm
• Lullingstone Roman villa and Saxon church
• Medieval woodland boundary in Darenth Wood
• Roman enclosure SE of Vagniacae
• Bishop Bonner's Palace, Orsett
• Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.
• Aspdin's kiln
• Earthworks near church, West Tilbury
• Gatehouse and moat of South Ockenden Old Hall
• Tilbury Fort
• Medieval moated site and associated fishpond, Franks Hall.
• Roman barrow 260m north east of South Ockendon Hall
• Monastic grange at Friary Court
• Dene holes in Hangman's Wood
• Neolithic sites near Ebbsfleet
• Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley