Oare
Oare is a village and civil parish north of Davington, Faversham in southeast England. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 505 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Kent, UK
- Also known as: “Oare, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Three Mariners Inn and Faversham Guildhall.
Faversham Guildhall
Town hall
Photo: Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Faversham Guildhall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Faversham, Kent, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Faversham Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
Oare Marshes
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oare Marshes is a 71.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Faversham in Kent. It is owned and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of The Swale Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, National Nature Reserve, Ramsar internationally important wetland site, Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Davington and Uplees.
Davington
Suburb
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Uplees
Hamlet
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uplees is a remote hamlet north of Faversham, Kent in southeast England. It was a key part of the Faversham explosives industry during World War I, with the Cotton Powder Company importing raw materials via the deepwater channel of the Swale, and the associated Explosives Loading Company exporting completed bombs and shells.
Faversham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Faversham is a town in the English county of Kent, UK. The history of the town can traced back 2000 years to Roman times. Explosives were a major local industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Oare
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Oare, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3302° or 51° 19′ 49″ northLongitude
0.87801° or 0° 52′ 41″ eastPopulation
505Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9F328VJH+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 27161877OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2641114Wikidata ID
Q2784389
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Oare” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oare (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Kent)”
- Cebuano: “Oare”
- Dutch: “Oare”
- French: “Oare”
- Irish: “Oare”
- Italian: “Oare (Kent)”
- Italian: “Oare”
- Ladin: “Oare (Kent)”
- Ladin: “Oare”
- Persian: “اور، کنت”
- Polish: “Oare”
- Spanish: “Oare”
- Swedish: “Oare, Kent”
- Swedish: “Oare”
- Turkish: “Oare, Kent”
- Welsh: “Oare, Caint”
- Welsh: “Oare”
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