Swingfield
Swingfield is a village and civil parish in the district of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent, England.
Swingfield is a village and civil parish in the district of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent, England. The parish includes the settlements of Densole on the A260 towards Hawkinge, and Selsted.
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Worth seeing in and around Swingfield
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Church of St Martin, Acrise
St Martin's Church is an Anglican church in the village and parish of Acrise in Kent, England. The church dates back to the Norman era, and was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966.
4 km · Grade I listed church in Acrise, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Sladden Wood
Sladden Wood is a 7-hectare nature reserve north of Alkham in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.
2.6 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Peter's Church, Swingfield
St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Swingfield, some 3 miles northeast of Hawkinge, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
100 m · church in Swingfield, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Swingfield Preceptory
Swingfield Preceptory was a priory about 5 miles north of Folkestone, Kent on the south coast of England.
600 m · building in Swingfield, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Swingfield
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 96 km · London Stansted (STN), 105 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 118 km
- London → Swingfield100 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Swingfield100 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £10–14
- Luton, Luton → Swingfield138 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Swingfield
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Swingfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNational Express operates the 007 coach service from London Victoria Coach Station to Dover Pencester Road in the town, about from the ferry port.
- Get in{{go | name | url | address 51.126156 | long west of the central shopping area, and about a walk from the ferry port | phone | hours | wikidata=Q2666521 | content=The only remaining station in Dover.
- Get inThere is no shuttle bus between the station and the ferry port, so you will have to walk the roughly 1½ miles (2.25 km) or get a taxi.
- Get inRegular ferry services operate to Dover from Calais and Dunkirk.
- Get inThe ferry between France and Dover costs around €40 each way if on foot, and around €100 each way for a car with two passengers, although big discounts are available if booked in advance or with special offers.
From Wikivoyage: Dover (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Swingfield – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Swingfield
- Hawkingevillage in Kent, England, UK3.7 km
- Acrisevillage and civil parish in Kent, England3.9 km
- Alkhamvillage and civil parish in Kent, UK2.5 km
- Lyddenvillage in Kent, England, UK3.7 km
- Hougham Withoutcivil parish between Dover and Folkestone in southeast England3.7 km
- Woottonvillage in Kent, United Kingdom3.3 km