Bay View, Kent

Bay View is a development of houses started in the 1940s and since then has grown to 248 dwellings.[1]

Eastchurch is located two miles away to the ENE and Leysdown is a mile to the east. Warden is a mile to the north and Leysdown Marshes lie to the south.

There is a holiday park in Bay View and a pub, the Bay View. There is also a garage which sells caravans and miscellaneous supplies. Formerly there were two general stores, but one closed in the 1980s due to a lack of trade. The same fate led to the closure of the Bay View Stores in 2004.

51% of the population travels more than 10 km to work, with 72% of workers travelling by car.[2]

The B2231 road runs along the southern edge of Bay View and provides the only transport link. Buses run every half-hour or hour to the rest of the Isle and services to the mainland are also available.[2]

Bay View has no education facilities, with the nearest school being two miles away in Eastchurch.

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http://www.swale.gov.uk/media/adobepdf/b%2Fd%2FWR_SBC_136.pdf%5B%5D - Statistics and information regarding Bay View from Swale Borough Council.