Town Profile The importance of
outdoor areas has not been overlooked and Sittingbourne’s “green heart” – Milton Creek Country Park – was created a couple of years ago at a cost of almost £2.5million. Footpaths, play areas, ponds, wildlife habitats and a performance space are set in 128 acres of grassland that surround Milton Creek, once used to transport bricks and paper to London. On July 20 the park will be home to the first Art in the Park festival being organised by The Friends of Milton Creek and Swale Arts Forum, an umbrella group that puts on events across the borough. Another outdoor option is Tonge Mill and pond and the adjoining country park, just a 10-minute drive from the town centre.
Milton Creek Country Park, Courtesy of Swale Borough Council
Entertainment on offer includes an evening of live dog
racing at Sittingbourne Greyhounds. The attraction describes itself as “Kent’s big night out” and visitors can either dine in a restaurant overlooking the track, placing bets at their table, or grab a burger and watch the action from the covered outdoor terrace. Sittingbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Brickies, play at the same site, Central Park Stadium in Church Road. Speedway is due to start at the stadium on the early May bank holiday.
The Avenue Theatre in Avenue of Remembrance shows
local and touring plays, musicals and children’s productions as well as hosting cinema nights under the name Screen @ The Avenue. The theatre has its own bar, is available for hire and is one of the main venues for the annual Swale Film Festival, due to take place in September.
Bayford Meadows Kart Circuit, on the Eurolink Industrial
Estate, gives adults and children the chance to race around a 1,100m circuit with friends or take part in organised competitions. Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway, affectionately known as the SKLR, is the last remaining part of a railway built in 1905 to move raw materials for the paper making industry. Today it is a tourist attraction, offering rides alongside Milton Creek in steam locomotives and rolling stock dating back to before its preservation in 1969.
Sittingbourne is
surrounded by villages, which offer additional attractions and plenty of places to eat.
A modern North Indian
restaurant set in a timbered Grade II listed building, Vari is an anomaly on Newington High Street. Dishes such as Tandoori partridge, black lentils cooked overnight on smouldering charcoals and Goan fish curry made with the catch of the day have attracted a host of positive comments on Internet review sites. Also in the High Street is Gail Woodall Interiors, offering bespoke furniture, fabric, blinds and other home and gift items with a tearoom coming soon.
Go-karting at Bayford Meadows
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