Sittingbourne is a town in the Swale District of Kent County in south-east England, around 45 miles east south-east of Central London. It is beside Watling Street Roman road and next to the Swale, a strip of water separating Kent from the Isle of Sheppey. Landmarks include the Holy Trinity Church and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum.

Kent has many port towns including Dover, Folkestone and Margate. Adjacent counties include East Sussex, Surrey, Essex (across the River Thames) and, as stated earlier, Greater London. Curiously, Kent used to contain an enclave north of the River Thames until 1965 which equates now to the E16 postcode area and which has now been reclassified as part of the London Borough of Newham. JMW Turner, the great impressionist painter, spent part of his childhood in Margate and regularly returned there in later life. The coastline of East Kent is regarded as the inspiration for many of his works, particularly his fantastic seascapes.