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.

Swattenden House is a mansion built in 1860.

[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.

In 1240, the Old English Swaeðeling denn, was written as Swetlingdenn, in 1260 it was spelled Swetlyngdenne and in 1305 Swethyngden.