Swanscombe is a Village in the county of Kent.

Swanscombe postcode: DA10 0JB

Retail in Swanscombe

There are great places to visit near Swanscombe including some great towns, historic buildings, beaches, parks, museums, castles, shopping centres, cities, ruins, country parks, lakes, coastal parks and airports.

Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover are some of Swanscombe best towns to visit near Swanscombe.

Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys are some of Swanscombe best historic buildings to visit near Swanscombe.

Don't miss Viking Bay, Dumpton Gap, and Sandwich Bay's beaches if visiting the area around Swanscombe.

The area close to Swanscombe boasts some of the best parks including Victoria Gardens.

Museums to visit near Swanscombe include Ramsgate Maritime Museum.

Don't miss Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle's castles if visiting the area around Swanscombe.

Swanscombe's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

There are a several good cities in the area around Swanscombe like Canterbury.

Tonbridge Castle is a great place to visit close to Swanscombe if you like ruins.

There are a several good country parks in the Swanscombe area like Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Barden Lake is a great place to visit close to Swanscombe if you like lakes.

Places near Swanscombe feature a number of interesting coastal parks including Barton's Point Coastal Park.

Lydd Airport is one of Swanscombe's best, nearby airports to visit in Swanscombe.

Swanscombe History

There are some historic monuments around Swanscombe:

• Bishop Bonner's Palace, Orsett
• Tilbury Fort
• Icehouse at Clock House, Green Street Green
• Gatehouse and moat of South Ockenden Old Hall
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park
• Eynsford Bridge
• Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.
• Aspdin's kiln
• Deserted medieval manorial settlement of Cossington
• Roman barrow 260m north east of South Ockendon Hall
• Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's Church
• A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, known as St John's Jerusalem, and an associated fishpond at Sutton-at-Hone
• Gravesend blockhouse
• Dovecote at High House, Purfleet
• Dene holes in Hangman's Wood
• Springhead Roman site
• A major Roman villa, an Anglo-Saxon settlement and prehistoric remains 600m SSE of Darenth Court Farm
• Roman enclosure SE of Vagniacae
• Medieval moated site and associated fishpond, Franks Hall.
• Bowl barrow in Ashenbank Wood south of Cobham Park reservoir
• Causewayed enclosure and Anglo-Saxon cemetery 500m ENE of Heath Place
• Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley
• Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole
• Neolithic sites near Ebbsfleet
• A Romano-British villa and a possible Iron Age farmstead at Franks
• Dovecote at Hawley Manor
• Chapel, Maplescombe
• Earthworks near church, West Tilbury
• Medieval woodland boundary in Darenth Wood
• Monastic grange at Friary Court
• Eynsford Castle
• New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, including Milton Chantry
• Purfleet magazine
• Crop mark complex, Orsett