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DeutschSittingbourne is industrial town in the Swale district, in Kent, southeast England, beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient British trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons.
Understand
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The town stands next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey. In 2021, it was home to 54,000 people.
Get in
[edit | edit source]It is 17 miles (27 km) from Canterbury and 45 miles (72 km) from London.
By plane
[edit | edit source]The nearest major airport is London Gatwick Airport (LGW IATA), which is 49 mi (79 km) away.
By train
[edit | edit source]Sittingbourne is served by regular trains from London Victoria and London St Pancras International, Canterbury, Dover, Ramsgate, Margate, Whitstable, the Medway Towns Faversham and Sheerness.
Get around
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By bus
[edit | edit source]Most services are provided by Chalkwell Buses linking Sittingbourne with Chatham and the surrounding areas.
Some services are provided by Arriva Kent & Surrey linking Sittingbourne with Maidstone and the surrounding areas.
See
[edit | edit source]- 1 Sittingbourne Heritage Museum, at the Forum shopping centre, ☏ +44 7472 268388. Saturdays 10:30AM-2:30PM, most Tuesday mornings and on some other weekdays.
- 2 Church of All Saints, Murston. An Anglican parish church, which is notable due to its architect, William Burges, and was constructed in 1873–4. The church was built in "an early Gothic Style" and incorporates fragments of the original 12th-century church. The estimate was £3,000 but the public subscription raised only £2,000. As a consequence, the intended tower was truncated.
Do
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- 1 Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway, ☏ +44 1795 424899, [email protected]. 4-mile steam train line that runs on Sundays and Bank Holidays March - December. Adult £9 return, senior £8, child 3-15 £4.50, family (2 adults and 4 children) £24.
- 2 Kent Kings Speedway. national League Meetings £14.
- 3 Bayford Meadows Kart Circuit, Symmonds Drive, Eurolink Industrial Estate, ME10 3RY (one mile from Sittingborne station), ☏ +44 1795 410707, [email protected]. Open for casual hire on Tu Th 2-6:30PM, W F 4-6:30PM. 1100-m track. Adult from £60, child from £49 for 30 minutes.
- 4 Battle Kart, Battlekart Sittingbourne, Chestnut Street, ☏ +44 1795 713158, [email protected]. Indoor karting venue.
Buy
[edit | edit source]- 1 The Forum Shopping Centre (The Forum), High Street, ME10 3DL. M-Sa 8AM-6PM, Su 9AM-4PM.
Eat
[edit | edit source]- 1 The Golden Hope, 1 Park Road, ME10 1DR, ☏ +44 1795 476791. Wetherspoon pub (with meals) and hotel.
Drink
[edit | edit source]- 1 The Paper Mill Micropub, 2 Charlotte St, ME10 2JN, ☏ +44 7927 073 584.
Sleep
[edit | edit source]- 1 The Beaumont, 74 London Road, ME10 1NS, ☏ +44 1795 472536, [email protected]. Single from £80, double from £98 per night.
Go next
[edit | edit source]- Faversham east 7 mi (11 km) via the A2.
- Canterbury east 15 mi (24 km) via the A2.
- Maidstone southwest 12 mi (19 km) via A249.
- Rochester west 16 mi (26 km) via the M2.
| Routes through Sittingbourne |
| London ← Chatham ← | NW  SE | → Faversham → Dover |