Explore Gravesend at your own pace

Gunpowder echoes still linger beneath Gravesend's streets while ancient river secrets swirl around quiet docks and world-famous pilgrimage routes shimmer just out of sight. This is a town with tales carved into its stone and a heartbeat pulsing through its sacred halls.

Embark on a self-guided audio tour that unlocks Gravesend's layers, unearthing gripping stories and overlooked monuments that even locals walk past. Hidden history is yours to discover.

Why did New Tavern Fort's defenses trigger midnight alarms across the coast? Which shadowy intrigue at the Port of London Authority changed global trade forever? What secret ingredient makes the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara shimmer at dusk?

Photo: Colin Watts, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 3.3 km (2.1 miles)

Stops: 12 landmarks, including Gravesend railway station, Gravesham Civic Centre, Gravesend

Audio: up to 30 minutes of narration

Starts at: Gravesend railway station

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

Gravesend railway station

Gravesham Civic Centre

Gravesend

Gravesend Town Hall

St George's Church, Gravesend

Town Pier, Gravesend

Gravesend Blockhouse

Port of London Authority

Royal Terrace Pier

New Tavern Fort

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara

Milton Blockhouse

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Hulki Okan Tabak, Colin Watts, BEN ELLIOTT (Unsplash).

Description supplied by the event organiser.