Sittingbourne

Sittingbourne is a town in the north of the county of Kent in England. It is the principal town and administrative centre of the Borough of Swale, has a population of approximately 59,000 (as of 2010), and is conveniently located on the M2 motorway and the four-lane A249 about 60 km as the crow flies from London south of the Isle of Sheppey, from which it is separated by The Swale Canal.

Traces of settlement can be traced back to about 2000 BC (Celts). Watling Street, a Roman road built across Britain in the first century AD, passed through this site.

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St Michael in Sittingbourne

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East window St. Michael with depiction of the Last Supper

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Finds from a Copper Age grave (2500 to 2100 BC) at Sittingbourne; from left to right: a stone arm plate, a copper dagger, a belt fitting.

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Aaron Beeney (* 1984), dart player

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