Editing Gravesend (section)

==Shopping==
[[File:Gravesend High Street - geograph.org.uk - 931446.jpg|thumb|High Street, Gravesend in 2008]]
Gravesend today is a commercial and commuter town, providing a local shopping district, including the St Georges shopping complex, the Thamesgate shopping centre and a regular [[farmers' market]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myfarmersmarket.co.uk/gravesend/ |date=2017-05-02 |access-date=2021-02-03 |author=Gravesend Farmers Market |title=Gravesend Farmers Market}}</ref> It also used to have a Debenhams and Wilko, but they closed down.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-30 |title=Bargain hunters swoop on closing Debenhams |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/shoppers-flood-to-debenhams-ahead-of-closing-246470/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Kent Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=Wilko stores' closure dates confirmed |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/wilko-stores-closure-dates-confirmed-293706/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Kent Online |language=en}}</ref> Gravesend market hall, in the heart of the town, was first chartered in 1268.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gravesend Borough Market to celebrate 750th anniversary of being chartered|date=24 January 2018|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/kent-market-to-turn-750-158961/|access-date=22 May 2018|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522182129/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/kent-market-to-turn-750-158961/|url-status=live}}</ref>