Iwade

For the town in Japan, see Iwade, Wakayama.

Iwade
The Woolpack Inn, Iwade
Iwade Iwade shown within Kent
Population	3,087 (2011 Census)^[1]
District	Swale
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SITTINGBOURNE
Postcode district	ME9
Dialling code	01795
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places UK England Kent

Coordinates: 51°22′34″N 0°43′41″E / 51.376°N 0.728°E / 51.376; 0.728

Iwade (pronounced /ˈaɪˌweɪd/) is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Sittingbourne in the English county of Kent. It lies on the old route of the A249 road to the Isle of Sheppey but was bypassed when the road was upgraded to a dual carriageway in 2006. Iwade is the nearest settlement to Swale railway station.

According to Edward Hasted, in 1798, the manor of Warde, was within the hundred of Teynham. It had sixteen houses, and about 60 or 70 inhabitants.^[2]

Although small, Iwade has a primary school, nursery, health centre,^[3] village hall, public house (The Woolpack)^[4] and post office and village shop. The village church is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade I listed building^[5] It is within the diocese of Canterbury, and deanery of Sittingborne.^[2]

The village also features the Sittingbourne Speedway track, which offers speedway training facilities for riders all over the country. It was the base of the speedway team Sittingbourne Crusaders who raced in the Conference League sporadically from 1995 until 2008.

In 2014, during the development of new homes, a henge was discovered.

In February 2016 the village council erected its flag pole on the mound, as you enter the village.

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
1 2 Hasted, Edward (1799). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Institute of Historical Research. 6: 203–206. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
↑ http://www.mhiwade.co.uk/
↑ The Woolpack
↑ "Church of All Saints, Iwade". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

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Towns and villages in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England

Unparished areas	Sheerness Sittingbourne

Civil parishes	Badlesmere Bapchild Bobbing Borden Boughton under Blean Bredgar Doddington Dunkirk Eastchurch Eastling Faversham Graveney with Goodnestone Hartlip Hernhill Iwade Leaveland Leysdown-on-Sea Lower Halstow Lynsted with Kingsdown Milstead Minster-on-sea Newington Newnham Norton, Buckland and Stone Oare Ospringe Queenborough Rodmersham Selling Sheldwich Stalisfield Teynham Throwley Tonge Tunstall Upchurch Warden

Other settlements	Bay View Brogdale Chestnut Street Conyer Danaway Dargate Davington Denstroude Elmley Faversham Without Halfway Houses Harty Heart's Delight, Swale Highsted Kemsley Keycol Luddenham Milton Regis Mockbeggar Murston Norton Oad Street Oversland Painters Forstal Rushenden Shellness Uplees Waterham Whitehill

List of places in Kent

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