“Homes For Heroes” to Booing Bowie

Walk preview

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   Step 1: Discover Gravesend’s “Homes For Heroes” on this route through the town’s unsung history.

2. Step 2: Start on Arnold Road, DA12 5PU, a street named after the Arnold family that were prominent in Gravesend from the 18th century. George Matthew Arnold was a solicitor who sat as the town’s mayor eight times!

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   Step 4: Turn right into Lamorna Avenue, like other streets nearby named after places in the West Country, because it appealed to the builder.

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   Step 6: At the junction with Sun Lane and Whitehill Road turn left.