Priory is an electoral ward within the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, covering part of the urban area around Sittingbourne. It combines residential streets and local shops with small patches of green space and community facilities, giving it a town-centre-but-local feel rather than a purely suburban one.
The ward reflects the wider town’s industrial heritage - paper mills and brickworks shaped the local economy - and today many residents commute using nearby rail and road links towards Maidstone and London. Socially it is mixed in tenure and age, and like much of the borough has seen incremental regeneration and community-led activities aimed at improving services and public space.
Postcode districts covering Priory
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 17.2 miles
- Basildon 24.7 miles
- Maidstone 16.3 miles
- Gillingham 13.6 miles
- Chatham 15.4 miles
- Folkestone 20.3 miles
- Ashford 12.7 miles
- Margate 20.6 miles
- Canterbury 9.5 miles
- Gravesend 22.7 miles
- Sittingbourne 6.5 miles
- Dover 22.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- St. Ann's Ward 0.7 miles
- Faversham Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Oare Parish 0.8 miles
- Abbey Ward 0.9 miles
- Watling Ward 1.3 miles
- Luddenham Parish 1.3 miles
- Graveney with Goodnestone Parish 2.1 miles
- Ospringe Parish 2.4 miles
- Norton, Buckland and Stone Parish 2.5 miles
- Teynham and Lynsted Ward 3 miles
- Sheldwich Parish 3.1 miles
- Boughton and Courtenay Ward 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Priory
ME13 7ES, ME13 7TW, ME13 7DP, ME13 7FJ, ME13 7EY, ME13 7EJ, ME13 7AU, ME13 7HS, ME13 7QA … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 18.8 miles
- London City Airport 37.8 miles
- Faversham Railway Station 1.1 miles
- Teynham Railway Station 3.4 miles
Hotels near Priory Ad
- Tonge Barn 4 4.8 miles
- Cave Hotel & Golf Resort 3.2 miles
- The Judds Folly Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 3 1.4 miles
- Hempstead House Hotel & Restaurant 4 4.8 miles
- The Plough Inn 4 6.9 miles
- The Crescent Turner Hotel 4 5.7 miles
- Hotel Continental 3 6.9 miles
- The Marine 3 7.3 miles
- Number 8 9 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Canterbury 3 6.1 miles
Schools in Priory
- Davington Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Central Beach Beach 5.4 miles
- Whitstable Harbour Harbour 6.7 miles
- University of Kent University 7.9 miles
- Dane John Gardens Gardens 9.2 miles
- IFS School of Finance College 9.3 miles
- Eastwell Park Estate 9.4 miles
- Canterbury Christ Church University University 9.4 miles
- Canterbury College College 9.5 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Canterbury University 9.6 miles
- Hadlow College - Canterbury College 9.8 miles
- Sheerness Harbour Harbour 10.1 miles
- South Kent College - Ashford College 13 miles