Nexus is just a couple of miles from Bluewater, one of Europe's biggest shopping complexes and the ultimate destination for shopaholics, with a mix of high street chains and specialist outlets from designer shops to fast food stalls providing almost everything you could want. Lakeside, at Thurrock, is also within easy reach, and Dartford has the Orchards Shopping Centre, home to Waitrose amongst others.

As well as shops, Bluewater has an extraordinary number of places to eat, with menus from American to Mexican, Italian to Greek. Dartford too has a range of restaurants; enough choice to tempt you whatever your taste.

There is much to keep you entertained; Bluewater includes a Showcase Cinema complex; alternatively enjoy an evening at the nearby Orchard or Ruskin theatres. If clubbing is more your style there are five alternatives within five miles.

If sport is your passion there are many choices here, from golf to go-karting, bowling to cricket, and for keep fit enthusiasts there is the option of five different gyms within Dartford. Princes Park, at the centre of the town, has superb state-of-the art facilities for sportsplayers, from its award winning community stadium to the recently refurbished par 3 nine hole golf course.