Swale
| Swale District | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Kent |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Sittingbourne |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Swale Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs | Hugh Robertson Gordon Henderson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 144.2 sq mi (373.4 km2) |
| Area rank | 110th (of 326) |
| Population (2011 est.) | |
| • Total | 136,300 |
| • Rank | 149th (of 326) |
| • Density | 950/sq mi (370/km2) |
| • Ethnicity[1] | 96.1% White 1.3% S.Asian 1.1% Black 1.0% Mixed Race |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 29UM (ONS) E07000113 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TQ9018863720 |
| Website | www.swale.gov.uk |
Swale is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The borough is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the central part of the district.
The Roman Watling Street passed through the area, as witness the straightness of the A2 main road, now by-passed by the M2 motorway. Apart from the northern coast of the Isle of Sheppey, and the town of Sittingbourne, it is a mainly rural borough, containing a high proportion of the UK's apple, pear, cherry and plum orchards, as well as many of its remaining hop gardens.
The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the Borough of Faversham; the Borough of Queenborough-in-Sheppey, which covered the whole of Sheppey; the Sittingbourne and Milton Urban District; and Swale Rural District.
Swale railway station is at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge.
There are four towns in the borough: Sittingbourne and Faversham on the mainland, and Sheerness and Queenborough on Sheppey.
The district contains the following civil parishes:
- Bapchild
- Bobbing
- Borden
- Boughton-under-Blean
- Bredgar
- Conyer
- Doddington
- Dunkirk
- Eastchurch
- Eastling
- Faversham
- Goodnestone
- Graveney
- Hartlip
- Hernhill
- Iwade
- Leysdown
- Lower Halstow
- Lynsted
- Kemsley
- Milstead
- Milton Regis
- Minster-on-Sea
- Murston
- Newington
- Newnham
- Norton Buckland & Stone
- Oare
- Ospringe
- Rodmersham
- Rushenden
- Selling
- Sheldwich, Badlesmere and Leaveland
- Stalisfield
- Teynham
- Throwley
- Tonge
- Tunstall
- Warden
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Coordinates: 51°20′24.73″N 0°43′51.32″E / 51.3402028°N 0.7309222°E
