Sittingbourne

industrial town in Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sittingbourne 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.

Sittingbourne High Street

Get in

It is 17 miles (27 km) from Canterbury and 45 miles (72 km) from London.

By plane

The nearest major airport is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), which is 49 mi (79 km) away.

By train

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

By bus

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

  • 🌍 Sittingbourne Heritage Museum, 67 East St, ☏ +44 7472 268388. (updated Jan 2017)
  • 🌍 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. (updated Dec 2020)

Do

Triumph arriving with a train on the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway

Buy

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Routes through Sittingbourne
London ← Chatham ←  NW  SE  → Faversham → Dover


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