Emergency services rushed to Gravesend on Friday afternoon following a report that two children had entered the river and gotten into difficulty near the Royal Terrace Pier
A body has been found in the search for a young girl who went missing in the River Thames.
Emergency services rushed to Gravesend, Kent, on Friday afternoon following a report that two children had entered the river near the Royal Terrace Pier. A boy was rescued and taken to a local hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
This morning, Kent Police’s Marine Unit and H.M. Coastguard continued searching the water and river bank. Sadly, a body was recovered from the river at around 11.40am, Kent Police said. The force said formal identification by the missing girl’s next of kin has taken place and her death is not being treated as suspicious.
Kent Police said in a statement this afternoon: “Officers searching the River Thames near Gravesend for a missing girl have located a body. Kent Police was called by the Port of London Authority at 1.46pm on Friday 30 May 2025, to concerns for the welfare of two children who had entered the river at Royal Pier Road.
“Patrols, H.M. Coastguard, the RNLI and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene where a boy had been retrieved from the water. He remains at a local hospital in a stable condition.”
The police added: “Kent Police’s Marine Unit and H.M. Coastguard continued the search of the water and river bank this morning. At around 11.40am, a body was recovered from the river near Gravesend with the assistance of the RNLI.
“Formal identification by the missing girl’s next of kin has taken place. The death is not being treated as suspicious at this stage and a report will be prepared for the coroner.”
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