| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Swattenden |
| Coordinates: | 51.0823°N 0.5301°W |
| Civil Parish: | Cranbrook and Sissinghurst |
| Shire District: | Tunbridge Wells |
| Shire County: | Kent |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Maidstone and the Weald |
| Post Town: | CRANBROOK |
| Postcode District: | TN17 |
| Postcode Area: | TN |
| Dial Code: | 01580 |
Swattenden is a small settlement in the parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst in England.
It is situated on the B2086 (Swattenden Lane) about a mile from Hartley, where the A229 crosses the settlement. At Swattenden, one can find an agricultural/country shop, a fruit farm, fishing centre, and the Swattenden Centre.
Swattenden House is a mansion built in 1860. It was the site of Swattenden Secondary School for Boys which moved to Angley School in 1972. It then became the "Swattenden Centre", a Kent County Council residential education centre, in 1976.[1]
The suffix -enden is found in many place names in the Kentish Weald, meaning the pasture or clearing in the forest belonging to the people of a named person. Here the person was called Swaeðel. In 1240, the Old English Swaeðeling denn, was written as Swetlingdenn, in 1260 it was spelled Swetlyngdenne and in 1305 Swethyngden.[2]