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Town in Kent, England
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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.
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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.
4-mile steam train line that runs on Sundays and Bank Holidays March - December.
1100-m track.
Indoor karting venue.
Wetherspoon pub (with meals) and hotel.
The Forum
By plane
The nearest major airport is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), which is 49 mi 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.
Most services are provided by Chalkwell Buses linking Sittingbourne with Chatham and the surrounding areas.
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