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# Throwley

Throwley is an English village south of Faversham in the Borough of Swale in Kent.

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## Every way there

- London → Throwley 73 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £8–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-throwley) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Throwley)
- London, Essex → Throwley 73 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £8–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-essex-to-throwley) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London%2C+Essex&to=Throwley)
- Luton, Luton → Throwley 111 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £14–18 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luton-luton-to-throwley) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luton%2C+Luton&to=Throwley)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Throwley, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Throwley has

- Y Scheduled flights London (LGW), 74 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Sittingbourne, 12 km.

51.265°, 0.854°

The name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Trevelai, which corresponds with a Brittonic origin, where "trev" means a settlement or farm house and "elai" typically relates to a fast moving river or stream. In 2011 the parish had a population of 300.

How locals move

## Getting around Throwley the local way

- Get around It is signed throughout although its quality is variable, with a mix of cycle tracks, quiet roads and a few off-road sections.

From [Wikivoyage: Kent](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kent), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throwley), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: A P Monblat (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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