Swale Areas
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is the primary town in Swale and has good connections to London on the mainline railway. There is a leisure centre, small shopping centre and a good range of shops on the High Street too.
Faversham
Faversham is a pretty, historic market town roughly half way between Sittingbourne and Canterbury. It too is on the mainline railway to London, and is also home to Britain’s oldest brewery.
Isle of Sheppey
The Isle of Sheppey has a varied landscape. Sheerness is the main town, and includes the large port at Sheerness Docks where lots of fruit and veg, as well as cars are imported into Britain. At the other end of the Island are the beach resorts.
Rural Areas
Apart from the three main towns, Swale is a very rural borough, with a variety of landscapes supporting a rich abundance of wildlife. Much of the Isle of Sheppey and the northern fringes of the mainland is marshland with national and international protection status. The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty skirts the southern part of the Borough and in between are pretty villages nestling amongst farmland.
Tourism Associations
Find out information about tourism associations in the Swale area.
Family History
Each year a number enquiries are received in the Tourism Section asking for help with researching family history. Although we are not able to do this on your behalf, a list of contacts has been compiled to give you a starting point in tracing your family tree in the Swale area.
Swale Tourism
Phone: 01795 417155
Email: tourism@swale.gov.uk