Description
The river crossing on the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry is the star attraction for this route. The main difference from TilGra 1 is using Dock Road and the Hairpin Bridge to escape from the HGV traffic between Tilbury Town station and Tilbury container port. On the approach to the ferry, at Tilbury riverside, the route uses the second bridge, a pedestrian walkway, signage on the ground is weak, an exhibit on that bridge gets attention but not the utility. Over in Gravesend the route still takes you through the Heritage Quarter, up the pretty and pedestrian-only High Street, and now this extends along pedestrianised Windmill Street (more of a high street feel) almost up to the station.
60% of the route is traffic free, although truly this means the pedestrian shopping streets and the ferry route, the only "off-road" parts are the Hairpin Footbridge and about 200m of bike path slightly screened from the lorries by brambles, it's hard surfaces all the way. There are buses and trains to travel onwards by at both Tilbury (town) and Gravesend plus shopping and sit down eating, but Gravesend has very many more options
The river crossing on the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry is the star attraction for this route. The main difference from TilGra 1 is using Dock Road and the Hairpin Bridge to escape from the HGV traffic between Tilbury Town station and Tilbury container port. On the approach to the ferry, at Tilbury riverside, the route uses the second bridge, a pedestrian walkway, signage on the ground is weak, an exhibit on that bridge gets attention but not the utility. Over in Gravesend the route still takes you through the Heritage Quarter, up the pretty and pedestrian-only High Street, and now this extends along pedestrianised Windmill Street (more of a high street feel) almost up to the station.
60% of the route is traffic free, although truly this means the pedestrian shopping streets and the ferry route, the only "off-road" parts are the Hairpin Footbridge and about 200m of bike path slightly screened from the lorries by brambles, it's hard surfaces all the way. There are buses and trains to travel onwards by at both Tilbury (town) and Gravesend plus shopping and sit down eating, but Gravesend has very many more options
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Tilbury
Grid Ref
TQ6360576373
Lat / Lon
51.46269° / 0.35378°
Easting / Northing
563,605E / 176,373N
What3Words
pools.groups.fully
Gravesend
Grid Ref
TQ6459174000
Lat / Lon
51.44108° / 0.36686°
Easting / Northing
564,591E / 174,000N
What3Words
zips.feeds.behind
| Tilbury | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ6360576373 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.46269° / 0.35378° |
| Easting / Northing | 563,605E / 176,373N |
| What3Words | pools.groups.fully |
| Gravesend | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ6459174000 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.44108° / 0.36686° |
| Easting / Northing | 564,591E / 174,000N |
| What3Words | zips.feeds.behind |
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