Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne | ||
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High Street in Sittingbourne | ||
Coordinates | 51 ° 20 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ E | |
OS National Grid | TQ905635 | |
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Residents | 59,000 (as of 2010) | |
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Post town | SITTINGBOURNE | |
ZIP code section | ME9, ME10 | |
prefix | 01795 | |
Part of the country | England | |
region | South East England | |
Shire county | Kent | |
District | Swale | |
British Parliament | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |
Sittingbourne is a town in the north of the county Kent in England . It is the main town and administrative seat of the Borough of Swale , has about 59,000 inhabitants (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 passes through the Channel The Swale is disconnected.
Traces of settlement can be found up to around 2000 BC. Prove ( Celts ). The Watling Street , one built in the first century AD across Britain running Roman road led through this place.
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