Sittingbourne

Sittingbourne High Street

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.

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 ^IATA), 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

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

Do

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

• 1 Bayford Meadows Kart Circuit, Symmonds Drive, Eurolink Industrial Estate, ME10 3RY (one mile from Sittingborne station), ☏ +44 1795 410707, info@bayfordmeadows.co.uk. Open for casual hire on Tu Th 2-6:30PM, W F 4-6:30PM. 1100-m track. from £25 for 30 minutes. (updated Apr 2017)
• 2 Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway, ☏ +44 1795 424899, info@sklr.net. 4-mile steam train line on Sundays and some other days March - December. £5 return. (updated May 2017)
• 3 Kent Kings Speedway. national League Meetings £14. (updated Dec 2020)

Buy

• 1 The Forum Shopping Centre (The Forum), High Street, ME10 3DL. M-Sa 8AM-6PM, Su 9AM-4PM. (updated Apr 2017)

Eat

• 1 The Golden Hope, 1 Park Road, ME10 1DR, ☏ +44 1795 476791. Wetherspoon pub (with meals) and hotel. (updated Dec 2020)

Drink

• 1 The Paper Mill Micropub, 2 Charlotte St, ME10 2JN, ☏ +44 7927 073 584. (updated Jan 2022)

Sleep

• 1 The Beaumont, 74 London Road, ME10 1NS, ☏ +44 1795 472536, info@thebeaumont.co.uk. Rooms from £55 per night. 

Go next

• 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