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- October 19, 2026
Make Friends in Sittingbourne, from Milton Creek to the High Street
Milton Creek Country Park earned a fifth straight Green Flag this year, and cohabiting couples make up 14% of Sittingbourne households.
52,100+
people in nine Sittingbourne wards, Milton Regis and Kemsley included (Census 2021, ONS)
14%
of households in nine Sittingbourne wards are cohabiting couples; the South East share is 11% (ONS, Census 2021)
21%
of people in Sittingbourne’s nine wards are under 16; region: 19% (2021 census)
Sittingbourne runs at Milton Creek
Sittingbourne parkrun, held in Milton Creek Country Park on Saturday mornings, offers a good way to make friends in Sittingbourne. The park’s volunteers meet each week to help the ranger, the Friday market fills the High Street, and the Avenue Theatre on Central Avenue puts on musicals, live music and film. Gofrendly is also there for Sittingbourne women looking to meet.
Sittingbourne questions, park to platform
Where does Sittingbourne parkrun take place?
Sittingbourne parkrun takes place in Milton Creek Country Park, off Green Porch Close, from 9am each Saturday. The country park has won a Green Flag five years running, and everyone from walkers to volunteers is welcome, so it suits any pace in Sittingbourne.
Is Sittingbourne Heritage Museum open?
No. Sittingbourne Heritage Museum has left the Forum Shopping Centre, and its collection went into storage in summer 2026 while the museum looks for a new home in the town. The Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway, built for the paper mills, keeps another part of local history alive.
Can I volunteer at Milton Creek Country Park?
Yes. Swale Borough Council says volunteers meet weekly or more to support the park ranger at Milton Creek Country Park in Sittingbourne. Doing practical tasks next to the same people every week lets friendships grow out of the work itself.
Where do Sittingbourne mums find friends?
Gofrendly, a women-only friendship app, is where Sittingbourne mums and other women can find neighbours and say hello first. A walk at Milton Creek or a film at The Light is a gentle first meeting, and it works with or without children.
Sittingbourne, a paper town by the creek
Sittingbourne sits on Milton Creek in Swale, a town shaped by its paper mills, and the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway still runs on a line built in 1905 to serve the paper trade. In nine town wards, roughly 14% of households are unmarried partners sharing a home, and 21% of residents are under 16, more than the regional share on both counts. Where young families are this common, a regular weekly slot that is just for you makes new friendships far easier to find and keep.
Family life can be busy and still leave you lonely when the children are asleep. The Light Sittingbourne has a cinema, bowling and a retro arcade, Swallows Leisure Centre has a pool, and the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway welcomes new volunteer members. The Sittingbourne Heritage Museum has left the Forum and its collection is in storage while it looks for a new home. Good first steps:
1
Milton Creek Country Park, home of the parkrun and a weekly volunteer team.
2
The Friday market on Sittingbourne High Street.
3
The Avenue Theatre on Central Avenue.
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The Light Sittingbourne, with a cinema and bowling.
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Swallows Leisure Centre, with a pool.
LOCAL TIP
Give a Saturday morning at Milton Creek a few weeks and the faces become familiar.
How to
Meeting people in Sittingbourne, creek to town
1
Join the Milton Creek volunteers who support the park ranger each week.
2
Volunteer with the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway.
3
Find Sittingbourne women on Gofrendly and see a film together at The Light.
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Walk or run Sittingbourne parkrun on a Saturday morning.
Films about friendship and a friendship story
Who wrote the Sittingbourne guide
Our editors wrote this Sittingbourne guide with Gofrendly founders Claudia Gård and Ulrika Lilja for Swale women juggling young families, shift work or friends who live further along the coast.
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