Benny the beluga became a minor celebrity when it appeared in the River Thames at Gravesend in September 2018. It is believed the whale made its way back out of the estuary in January 2019.

Government transport funding cannot be used to help relaunch a ferry service across the Thames Estuary, a council has been told. The foot ferry between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent ...

The ferry service took foot passengers across the estuary east of London Government ... The foot ferry between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent stopped operating in March when Kent County ...