Swanley
Swanley | ||
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Coordinates | 51 ° 24 ' N , 0 ° 11' E | |
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Residents | 20,986 | |
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Post town | SWANLEY | |
ZIP code section | BR8 | |
prefix | 01322 | |
Part of the country | England | |
region | South East England | |
Shire county | Kent | |
District | Sevenoaks | |
Civil Parish | Swanley | |
British Parliament | Sevenoaks | |
Swanley is a municipality ( Town ) in the County of Kent belonging District Sevenoaks in England .
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It borders directly on the eastern outskirts of Greater London and is therefore in the direct commuter area of this metropolis.
Swanley has very good transport links. There the M20 motorway in the direction of Folkestone turns off the M25 motorway , the ring road around London. The main A20 , which runs largely parallel to the M20, connects London with the Dover docks .
In 1862 Swanley was connected to the British rail network with the opening of the station.
Town twinning
- Verrières-le-Buisson in the French department of Essonne near Paris , since 1985
Web links
Commons : Swanley - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Link catalog on the subject of Swanley (English) at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )