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Places of interest in DA11
The first railway to arrive in Gravesend was the Gravesend & Rochester Railway (G&RR) who had purchased the Thames and Medway Canal and its tunnel between Strood and Higham. The G&RR ran the first train to the then terminus at Gravesend on 10 February 1845. On 30 July 1849 the line was extended to North Kent East Junction on the South Eastern Railway (SER) and thence to London Bridge.
The Gravesend Historical Society meets regularly and produces a biannual magazine on its activities.[23]
Two services call at the pier: the Commuter Service, which connects the centre of London with the City of London, the Docklands and Greenwich via regular passenger boat services and the Tate to Tate service, which connectes Tate Modern with Tate Britain via the London Eye.
Rachel Whiteread's 2005 Embankment
Under the railway bridge carrying trains to Blackfriars Station from the south some urban art work has been placed on the south-side, whilst on the north-side the word 'BANKSIDE' has been placed in very large lettering occupying most of the wall against the pavement. This is part of the area and tourist branding as the relationship with the ancient district of Bankside is tenuous, the most that can be said is that Southwark Street defines the southernmost limit of Bankside.
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