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  1. Swanscombe

Where is Swanscombe?

Swanscombe is located in the county of Kent, South East England, two miles east of the town of Dartford, 11 miles south-west of the major town of Basildon, and 18 miles east of London. Swanscombe lies just south-west of the Essex border. Swanscombe falls within the district council of Dartford, under the county council of Kent. It is in the DA9 postcode district. The post town for Swanscombe is Greenhithe.

Swanscombe on a map

Map showing extent of Swanscombe as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Swanscombe
Map showing location of Swanscombe within the UK
Location of Swanscombe within the UK

Which county is Swanscombe in?

Swanscombe is in the ceremonial county of Kent, the historic county of Kent, and the administrative county of Kent.

Ceremonial CountyKent
Historic CountyKent
Administrative CountyKent

Where is Swanscombe in Kent?

Swanscombe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Kent, and towards the westernmost extremity of Kent.

Map showing location of Swanscombe within Kent
Location of Swanscombe within Kent

What is the postcode for Swanscombe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Swanscombe is DA9 9NZ.

Where is Swanscombe in DA9?

Swanscombe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the DA9 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the DA9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Swanscombe within DA9
Location of Swanscombe within DA9

What is the post town for Swanscombe?

The post town for Swanscombe is Greenhithe. Swanscombe is in the DA9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Greenhithe.

What is the latitude and longitude of Swanscombe?

The centre of Swanscombe is located at position 51.45307° latitude and 0.2844° longitude.

Latitude51.45307°
Longitude0.2844°

What is the easting and northing of Swanscombe?

The centre of Swanscombe is located at the grid reference easting 558821 and northing 175151 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting558821
Northing175151

What are the nearest towns to Swanscombe?

Position of Swanscombe relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Swanscombe to the centre of the town.

east
2m
Swanscombe is 2 miles east of Dartford
south-west
3m
Swanscombe is 3 miles south-west of Grays
west
3m
Swanscombe is 3 miles west of Northfleet
west
3m
Swanscombe is 3 miles west of Tilbury
west
4m
Swanscombe is 4 miles west of Gravesend
north-east
6m
Swanscombe is 6 miles north-east of Swanley
south-west
9m
Swanscombe is 9 miles south-west of Stanford-le-Hope
north-west
10m
Swanscombe is 10 miles north-west of Rochester
south-west
11m
Swanscombe is 11 miles south-west of Basildon
north-west
11m
Swanscombe is 11 miles north-west of Snodland

What are the nearest cities to Swanscombe?

Position of Swanscombe relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Swanscombe to the centre of the city.

east
17m
Swanscombe is 17 miles east of City of London
east
18m
Swanscombe is 18 miles east of City of Westminster
east
18m
Swanscombe is 18 miles east of London
west
19m
Swanscombe is 19 miles west of Southend-on-Sea
south
21m
Swanscombe is 21 miles south of Chelmsford
south-east
34m
Swanscombe is 34 miles south-east of St Albans
west
36m
Swanscombe is 36 miles west of Canterbury
south-west
40m
Swanscombe is 40 miles south-west of Colchester
north
47m
Swanscombe is 47 miles north of Brighton and Hove
south
52m
Swanscombe is 52 miles south of Cambridge

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