pool on Monday nights. SSAC is an independent club that has been training people to dive safely since 1967. Since 2009 it has been offering free PADI training for club members. Sidcup and District Motor Cycle Club owns the Canada Heights international motocross circuit at Button Street, Swanley. The venue was first used in 1948 and was purchased by the club in the 1980s. A round of the ACU British Motocross Championship is run each year as well as open Motocross, Enduro and Trials events for all types of motorcycles. The motor racing circuit Brands Hatch is situated five miles from Swanley. Swanley now has a rugby union club formed in 2017. At the time of writing they have achieved 3 promotions in 3 years, most recently winning Metropolitan Kent 4. Demography The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 16,226. Notable people Janice Hadlow, former Controller, BBC 2, went to school in Swanley. Alan Knott, Kent and England cricketer, spent his childhood in Swanley. Crispian St. Peters, singer and guitarist, born Robin Peter Smith in Swanley. Mark Steel, columnist and comedian, born and grew up in Swanley. Went to Downsview Junior and Swanley Comprehensive Schools whilst living in Beechenlea Lane Mike Stock, songwriter and record producer, came from Swanley. James Dickson Innes (painter) died of Tuberculosis in 1914, aged 27 in nursing home in Swanley. Ruben Loftus-Cheek - footballer for Chelsea and England, grew up in Swanley and attended High Firs primary school and Orchards Academy. Twin town Verrières-le-Buisson in France See also List of places of worship in Sevenoaks (district) Swanley Village References External links Swanley Town Council Towns in Kent Civil parishes in Kent