Ebbsfleet River

Ebbsfleet River in Kent, south-east England, is a tributary of the Thames Estuary. It joins the Thames opposite the container port of Tilbury Docks. Today, the river gives its name to the Ebbsfleet Garden City which is currently being developed in and around the course of the Ebbsfleet.

It was formerly known as the River Fleet, giving its name to Northfleet and Southfleet. Its source was eight natural springs at Springhead. In Roman times its source was the site of a Roman settlement called Vagniacis and the river was used to link Watling Street to the River Thames; in the fourteenth century it was a stopping place for pilgrims going to Canterbury. It is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Ypwines fleot or Heopwines fleot . A bridge across the river at Northfleet is mentioned in 1451 and it was still tidal and used for shipping in the sixteenth century.

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