- Istead Rise
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Istead Rise
latitude= 51.4048
longitude= 0.3514
population = 3,600 (2005) [cite web | title = 2005 Ward Level Population Estimates | publisher = Kent County Council | url = http://www.kent.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E503169D-C06B-498F-BD0A-678EE22B4D37/6841/sae108.pdf |date=September 2006| accessdate = 2007-08-20 ]
shire_district=Gravesham
shire_county =Kent
region= South East England
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os_grid_reference=Istead Rise is a village situated convert|3|mi|km|0 south of Gravesend in
Kent ,England . It is inGravesham Borough and has a population of 3,505 (2001 census).By road, it is convert|23|mi|km|0 east of
London on the A2 road. The nearest railway station is situated convert|2|mi|km|0 away atMeopham – the journey time toLondon Victoria is 40 minutes. Istead Rise is situated convert|4|mi|km|0 from Ebbsfleet International Station. The station opened in the autumn of 2007 forEurostar services toParis ,Brussels andLille . In 2009, North Kent commuter trains will start running on the high speed track to LondonSt. Pancras Station , stopping once at Stratford.[http://www.istead-rise.kent.sch.uk/ Istead Rise Primary School] provides education for children till the age of 12. In addition, on the site of the primary school, there are two nursery schools.
[http://www.stbarnabas2000.co.uk/ St. Barnabas Church] (
Church of England ), founded in 1957, is located near the shops.There is a small parade of shops with an Indian restaurant, bakery, butcher, pharmacy, supermarket, hardware store, dry cleaners, dentist and beauty salon. There is also a medical practice in the village.
Istead Rise community centre was destroyed by a fire started during a burglary on March 20th 2007. Work started on rebuilding the centre the its original specification in March 2008 [ [http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2129499.mostviewed.centre_restoration_begins_a_year_after_fire.php Centre restoration begins a year after fire] , News Shopper] There is no pub in Istead Rise.
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