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Borough of Swale
Swale
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status: Borough
Region: South East England
Admin. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. County: Kent
Area:
- Total
Ranked 126th
373.40 km²
Admin. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Surface area is the measure of how much exposed Area an object has This is a list of Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of HQ: Sittingbourne
ONS code: 29UM
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2006 est. Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles (129 km east of Gillingham, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in The Swale The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology )
- Density
Ranked 150th
128,500
344 / km²
Ethnicity[1]: 96. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 1% White
1. 3% S. Asian
1. 1% Black
1. 0% Mixed Race
Politics

Swale Borough Council
http://www.swale.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: Hugh Robertson(C), Derek Wyatt(Lab)
The Kingsferry Bridge
The Kingsferry Bridge

Swale is a local government district in Kent, England. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Its council is based in Sittingbourne. Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles (129 km east of Gillingham, beside the Roman Watling Street off a creek in The Swale 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 name The Swale refers to the strip of sea separating North Kent from the Isle of Sheppey. This article is about the Isle of Sheppey in northern Kent not to be confused with Shepway in south-eastern Kent

The Roman Watling Street passed through the area, as witness the straightness of the A2 main road, now by-passed by the M2 motorway. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Watling Street is the name given to an Ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern The M2 is a Motorway in Kent, England. It is 257 Miles (414 Km) long and acts as a bypass of the section of the A2 Apart from northern coast of the Isle of Sheppey, and the immediate areas around the towns, it is a mainly rural borough.

The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, from the boroughs of Faversham and Queenborough-in-Sheppey (which covered all of Sheppey), the Sittingbourne and Milton urban district and Swale Rural District. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c 70 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in England and Wales Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury Queenborough-in-Sheppey was a Municipal borough in Kent, England from 1968 to 1974 Sittingbourne and Milton was an Urban district in Kent, England, consisting of the settlements of Sittingbourne and Milton Regis In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area

Swale railway station is at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge. Swale railway station is in north Kent, England. The station is on the Sheerness Line north of Sittingbourne at the southern end of the The Kingsferry Bridge was designed by Mott Hay and Anderson, and built by John Howard with Dorman Long and Sir William Arrol.

There are four towns in the borough: Sittingbourne and Faversham on the mainland; Sheerness, Queenborough on the Isle. Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury Sheerness (ˈʃɪərnɪs is a town located beside the mouth of the River Medway on the northwest corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England Queenborough is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England. In addition local government is carried out by the following parish councils:

Bapchild, originally Baccanceld is a village and Civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about two miles east of Sittingbourne Bobbing is a village and Civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England, about a mile north-west of Sittingbourne, and forming Borden is a village situated immediately south west of Sittingbourne, Kent, from which it is separated by a small area of rural land For other "Boughtons" in Kent see Boughton Aluph; Boughton Malherbe; and Boughton Monchelsea Boughton under Blean is a village Bredgar is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Conyer is a village in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. Doddington is a rural English village in the south eastern county of Kent, within the borough of Swale. Dunkirk is a village between Faversham and Canterbury in England. Eastchurch is a village on the Isle of Sheppey, a mile east of Minster, England. Eastling is a small village 4½ miles to the southwest of Faversham, Kent in England. Faversham (fævɜʃəm is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury Graveney is a village between Faversham and Whitstable in Kent, England. Hartlip is a Village and Civil parish in the borough of Swale, in the county of Kent, England. Hernhill is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Iwade is a small village on the north side of Detling Hill close to the town of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. Leysdown-on-Sea is a coastal village on the east side of the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Lower Halstow is a village located in Kent, England. The village is situated on the banks of the Medway Estuary and it has a long and interesting history Lynsted is a Village and Civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England. Kemsley today is a suburb of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. At the end of the 19th century it was simply a row of cottages beside a Brickworks Milstead is a village in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. Milton Regis is a village in the district of Swale in Kent England. Murston is a suburb of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. See also Newington ( Shepway) also in Kent and other places called Newington. Newnham is a small picturesque village in the Syndale valley in Kent, England, in the administrative borough of Swale near the medieval market town of Oare is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. It is separated from Faversham by the Oare Creek Ospringe is a village and Civil parish in the English county of Kent. Rushenden is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Selling is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Stalisfield Green is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, located on a secondary road about 1 Teynham is a large village and Civil parish in Kent, England, in the district of Swale. Throwley is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Tunstall is a village in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England. Warden is a small Holiday village located on the northeast coast of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, United Kingdom.

Dictionary

swale

-noun

  1. A low tract of moist or marshy land.
  2. A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
  3. A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
  4. A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
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