Ospringe

Ospringe is a village and area of Faversham in the English county of Kent. It is also the name of a civil parish, which since 1935 has not included the village of Ospringe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Fruit Collection and Maison Dieu.

National Fruit Collection

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The United Kingdom's National Fruit Collection is one of the largest collections of fruit trees and plants in the world. Over 2,040 varieties of apple, 502 of pear, 350 of plum, 322 of cherry and smaller collections of bush fruits, nuts and grapes are grown, in 150 acres of orchards.

Maison Dieu

Historic building

Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maison Dieu is a hospital, monastery, hostel, retirement home and royal lodge commissioned by Henry III in 1234. The timber framed building is located beside Watling Street, now the A2 road, in Ospringe, Faversham, in Kent, England.

Faversham Stone Chapel

Archaeological site

Faversham Stone Chapel also known as Our Lady of Elwarton, is a medieval chapel built on top of a Romano-British mausoleum. The chapel is located in what is thought to have been the Roman settlement of Durolevum, near the modern town of Faversham, in Kent, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Faversham and Selling.

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 be traced back 2000 years to Roman times. Explosives were a major local industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Selling

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selling is a village and civil parish south-east of Faversham and west of Canterbury in Kent, England. Selling is situated 3½ miles southeast of Ospringe.

Painters Forstal

Village

Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Painters Forstal is a village in the Swale district of the English county of Kent. It is 2 miles south-west of the town of Faversham and is part of the civil parish of Ospringe.

Ospringe

Type: Locality
Location: Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.2964° or 51° 17′ 47″ north

Longitude

0.8506° or 0° 51′ 2″ east

Elevation

174 feet (53 metres)

Open location code

9F327VW2+H6

GeoNames ID

7293799

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