Gravesham (/ˈɡreɪvʃəm/ GRAYV-shəm) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England.

Parts of the borough lie within the Kent Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The neighbouring districts are Dartford, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, and Medway, plus Thurrock on the opposite side of the River Thames.

[5] The choice of name was not without criticism; Robert Heath Hiscock, chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society, in the foreword to his book, 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore, 1976) wrote: The district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

The district has 12 buildings listed in the highest category of the national grading system, Grade I, three of which are private residences: Cobham Hall, also in the highest architectural category,[20] is a stately home which was formerly the seat of the Earls of Darnley: since 1965 it has been a private girls' school.

Cobham Park is Grade II*-listed which is listed separately in the gardens and parklands category of classification approved by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport;[21] and includes the remains of a Roman villa.