Once a Roman settlement, the
market town of Dartford has a number of beautiful,
ancient parishes and many notable buildings. It
has a rich industrial heritage and paper making
and cement production were important for
centuries. Dartford Tunnel takes M25 travellers
beneath the River Thames. The Queen Elizabeth II
Bridge once held the record as the longest
cable-stayed bridge in Europe. Railway pioneer
Richard Trevithick died in poverty in 1833 at the
Bull Hotel, one of the few surviving galleried
inns in Kent.
