Police have released more information on a woman who died after falling into the water near the Dartford Bridge last week.

The woman was 52 years old and from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, although she is yet to be named.

Following the incident, a police spokesman said: "Kent Police was called at 9.32pm on February 28, to a report that a woman had fallen from the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge in Dartford.

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"Officers attended and carried out a search of the area with assistance from the coastguard and police helicopter, and shortly thereafter located a woman on the shore of the River Thames near Carmichael Avenue, Greenhithe.

"Despite the efforts of ambulance staff to resuscitate her, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Her next of kin have been informed and officers are carrying out inquiries into the circumstances behind the incident."

VIDEO: A woman died near the Dartford Bridge.

A spokesman for the Gravesend RNLI station said: "We launched last night to a possible casualty in the water, after an unmanned vessel was spotted. We were joined by the police helicopter and PLA (Port of London Authority) vessels.

"The casualty was on the foreshore on the water line. Attempts were made to revive her. Then the ambulance service arrived and care was handed over to them."

Firefighters confirmed they were also called out to the Ingress Park area at about 10pm yesterday.