Greenhithe

Greenhithe, as it is spelled today, is located where it was possible to build wharves for transhipping corn, wood and other commodities; its largest cargoes were of chalk and lime which were needed for agricultural purposes. This led in turn to the development of the cement industry at nearby Swanscombe, although Greenhithe itself had a brief time during Victorian times as a tourist resort: Greenhithe Pier was built in 1842.

Until recently it was little more than a hamlet; within its boundaries was Ingress Abbey, an ancient religious institution among those dissolved by Henry VIII. The buildings later became a Merchant Navy College, of which the training ship HMS Worcester was part.

Its position on the river is now of less importance. The whole area is being redeveloped as part of the Thames Gateway regeneration: its proximity to the M25 motorway; to the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link station to be named Ebbsfleet International; and to the Bluewater complex has altered that. Large housing developments (particularly Ingress Park) and industrial estates almost completely surround the former hamlet.

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Greenhithe history includes notes on Ingress Abbey and HMS Worcester]
Ingress Park

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