The rails of the tramline surving in a number of quarries were presumably removed when the gorge fell into redundancy, and now only its route can be recognised. However, evidence of the former tramway does remain, in a scattering of timber railway sleepers lying in the undergrowth and a single section of trackTQ94664411) . The track no longer remains ‘in situ’ and has been moved to the western side of the tram bed (now pathway). The rails were fixed to concrete sleepers and therefore must belong to a later, ultimate phase of use or repair.(1-2)

<1> Essex County Council, 2003, Aggregates Levy Survey Industrial Sites, KN877/911 (Unpublished document). SKE12009.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, March 2004, Swanscombe Heritage Park and Craylands Gorge, Swanscombe, Kent. Archaeological and Geological Desk Based Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX12883.