Southfleet

Southfleet
Southfleet Location within Kent
Population	918 2011 Census
OS grid reference	TQ615715
Civil parish	Southfleet
District	Dartford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gravesend
Postcode district	DA13
Dialling code	01474
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Dartford
List of places UK England Kent 51°24′58″N 0°19′15″E / 51.4160°N 0.3207°E / 51.4160; 0.3207

Southfleet is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The village is located three miles southwest of Gravesend, while the parish includes within its boundaries the hamlets of Betsham and Westwood.

Southfleet takes its name from the River Fleet, a minor tributary of the River Thames. The water that supplied the river came from a place called Springhead, where there were watercress and oyster beds; the river then flowed through Southfleet, Ebbsfleet and Northfleet.