Swanley

Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, 16 miles southeast of central London, adjacent to the Greater London boundary and within the M25 motorway periphery. The population at the 2021 census was 17,826.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swanley railway station and Farningham Wood.

Swanley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Swanley railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Swanley, Kent. It is 17 miles 31 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between St Mary Cray and Farningham Road on the main line.

Farningham Wood

Forest

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farningham Wood is a 74.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Swanley in Kent. It is also a Local Nature Reserve. It is owned and managed by Sevenoaks District Council and Farningham Parish Council.

Swanley Library

Library

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eynsford and Dartford.

Eynsford

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eynsford is a village of 1,800 people in Kent. The village is near Brands Hatch – a race track in Kent, most famous for its circuit. It has grown from a modest natural amphitheatre used for local races in the 1920s into one of the UK’s major motor racing circuits.

Dartford

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dartford is a commuter town for Greater London in Kent, with a long history of religious, industrial and cultural importance town.

Bexley

Suburb

Photo: P Ingerson, Public domain.

Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. Bexley is situated 3 miles northwest of Swanley.

Swanley

Type: Locality
Location: Sevenoaks, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.3988° or 51° 23′ 56″ north

Longitude

0.1811° or 0° 10′ 52″ east

Elevation

233 feet (71 metres)

Open location code

9F3295XJ+GC

GeoNames ID

7295890

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