Borough of Dartford

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Dartford Borough of Dartford
Borough and non-metropolitan district
Aerial view of Dartford and the Dartford Crossing over the River Thames
Dartford shown within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough
Admin HQ	Dartford
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Dartford Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Jim Dickson
Area
• Total	28.10 sq mi (72.77 km2)
• Rank	227th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	118,820
• Rank	203rd (of 296)
• Density	4,200/sq mi (1,600/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 74.5% White 10.5% Black 9.9% Asian 3.1% Mixed 2% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 48.1% Christianity 36.5% no religion 5.3% not stated 3.8% Hinduism 3.5% Islam 1.7% Sikhism 0.6% Buddhism 0.4% other 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UD (ONS) E07000107 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ538739

The Borough of Dartford is a local government district with borough status in the north-west of the county of Kent, England. It is named after its main town of Dartford, where the council is based. Other notable settlements include Greenhithe, Stone and Swanscombe, along with an emerging new town at Ebbsfleet, and a number of smaller villages. It also includes Bluewater, one of the UK's largest shopping centres. The borough lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London, but a sizeable part of it lies within the M25 motorway which encircles London. Many of the borough's urban areas form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. The borough had a population of 116,800 at the 2021 census.

The neighbouring districts (clockwise from east) are Gravesham, Sevenoaks, the London Borough of Bexley and, to the north across the River Thames, Thurrock, to which it is linked by the Dartford Crossing.