Sittingbourne, Kent, England, ME10 4

About Sittingbourne


Sittingbourne is an industrial town situated in the Swale district of Kent in south east England, 17 miles (27 km) from Canterbury and 45 miles (72 km) from London. The town sits beside the Roman Watling Street, an ancient British trackway used by the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons and next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey.

The town became prominent after the death of Thomas Becket in 1170, since it provided a convenient resting point on the road from London to Canterbury and Dover.

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Sittingbourne Locality

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High Street, Sittingbourne, c. 1900s


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Traditional view down Sittingbourne High Street - not a motor vehicle in sight, but plenty of action. That ladder propped up against the clock...

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High Street, Sittingbourne, c. 1900s


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Plenty of bicycles visible in this nice postcard of Sittingbourne High Street, taken around the turn of the 20th Century....Maypole's name is...

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Sittingboure Cooperative Society Limited


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Sittingbourne Cooperative Society, possibly located between East Street and Canterbury Road.

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High Street, Sittingbourne, 1904


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West Street, Sittingbourne


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High Street, Sittingbourne


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St Micheal's Church, High Street, Sittingbourne


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West Street, Sittingbourne


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Odeon Cinema, Sittingbourne, 1937


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According to the Cinema's current website, the building, originally seating 1,593 across two levels. It has had various owners and incarnations,...

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West Street, Sittingbourne, c. 1960s


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This shot looks east past the Convent of the Nativity Girls' School up the hill towards the old Shell Garage. Most of the buildings in the left...

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