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Faversham (/ ˈ f æ v ər ʃ əm / ⓘ) is a market town in Kent, England, 8 miles (13 km) from Sittingbourne, 48 miles (77 km) from London and 10 miles (16 km) from Canterbury, next to the Swale, a strip of sea separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey in the Thames Estuary.
Oare Marshes is a 71.4-hectare (176-acre) Local Nature Reserve north of Faversham in Kent.It is owned and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. [1] [2] [3] It is part of The Swale Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, [4] National Nature Reserve, [5] Ramsar internationally important wetland site, [6] Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, [7 ...
Painters Forstal (Painter's Forstal on Ordnance Survey maps) [1] is a village in the Swale district of the English county of Kent. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of the town of Faversham and is part of the civil parish of Ospringe. It lies just south of the M2 motorway, and has developed almost completely since the 1950s.
It is separated from Faversham by the Oare Creek. To the north of the village are the Oare Marshes, and the Harty Ferry which once linked to Harty on the Isle of Sheppey. Kent Wildlife Trust manages a nature reserve that is an important stopping place for migratory birds. According to Edward Hasted, in 1798, it was part of the hundred of ...
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The closest estuary is The Swale which separates the Isle of Sheppey from mainland Kent, and flows to the north of Faversham Creek.. [4] Leaveland itself covers an area of 1.5 km 2 and lies entirely within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. According to the 2011 Census there were 54 males and 46 females living in the parish. [5]
The North Kent Marshes are in the far north of the county of Kent spanning dry and wet south banks and inlets of the Thames Estuary in south-east England. The marshes are one of 22 environmentally sensitive areas recognised by the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). They are in the Thames Gateway regional planning ...
Davington is a suburb of Faversham, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. Davington Priory is a local government ward within the Faversham Town Council and Swale Borough Council areas. Until the civic boundary changes were brought into effect in 2004, the electoral ward had broadly mirrored the ecclesiastical parish of Davington.