Editing Gravesend (section)

===Gravesend Town Pier===
{{main|Gravesend town pier}}[[File:Town Pier Gravesend.JPG|thumb|Town Pier Gravesend]]
Gravesend has the world's oldest surviving [[cast iron]] [[pier]], built in 1834.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/Kent/content/image_galleries/weekly_gallery_gravesend_town_pier.shtml|title=Gravesend Town Pier |access-date=26 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114045457/http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/image_galleries/weekly_gallery_gravesend_town_pier.shtml |archive-date=14 November 2012 }}</ref>
It is a unique structure having the first known iron cylinders used in its construction. The pier was completely refurbished in 2004 and now features a bar and restaurant;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rivaonthepier.com/ |title=Riva Waterside Restaurant & Bar &#124; Town Pier, West Street, Gravesend, DA11 0BJ &#124; Tel 01474 364694 |website=Rivaonthepier.com |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=13 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413114102/http://www.rivaonthepier.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with public access to the pier head when the premises are open.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.piers.org.uk/pierpages/NPSgravesendtown.html |title=Gravesend Town Pier – National Piers Society |website=Piers.org.uk |access-date=27 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042341/http://www.piers.org.uk/pierpages/NPSgravesendtown.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 }}</ref>
A recent £2 million investment in a pontoon is now in place at the pier head onto the Thames, which provides for small and medium-sized craft to land at Gravesend. On 17 September 2012, the [[Gravesend–Tilbury Ferry]], relocated to the Town Pier, from its previous terminal in nearby West Street.