Swalecliffe

Swalecliffe
View facing West on St. Johns Road in Swalecliffe
Swalecliffe  Swalecliffe shown within Kent
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITSTABLE
Postcode district	CT5 2
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Canterbury
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Coordinates: 51°21′47″N 1°04′12″E / 51.363°N 1.070°E

Swalecliffe is a part of the ribbon development of the north Kent coast between Whitstable and Herne Bay in Southeast England. At the 2011 Census the area formed part of Chestfield and Swaleciffe ward of the City of Canterbury Council.

History

In 2005 Calmont purchased the land that used to be the petrol station and garage "Quinneys Auto services" and converted it into a prosperous development named after the petrol station. The development features 16 houses and 4 apartments, 12 are semi-detached houses under the name of "Albany" and 4 terraced homes under the name of "Carlton", both of which are 3 bedroom houses. The apartments each have their own names; Bloomsbury, Belgravia, Chelsea and Mayfair. The private road on which the houses lie is called "Quinneys Place", some mapping tools and postcode finders still do not have this road indexed in their databases.

Transport

Both the railway and A2990 Thanet Way run between Swalecliffe and the neighbouring settlement of Chestfield.

Religion

There two Churches, St John the Baptist C of E and the Swalecliffe Free Church. Both Churches have Halls

Gallery

• 
  An old groyne
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  Swalecliffe mudflats
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  Bright colours on the beach huts at Tankerton Bay catch the eye
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  Long Rock, the estuary of the Burnham, a chalk stream whose source is on the Blean ridge near Dunkirk. On the skyline are some of the wind turbines in the Thames Estuary

Notes and references

External links

• The Beacon Church