Oare
Oare is a locality in Swale District, Kent, England. Oare is situated nearby to the hamlet Uplees, as well as near Luddenham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oare Marshes and Faversham Guildhall.
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.
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.
Church of St Thomas the Apostle
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Harty on the Isle of Sheppey in the county of Kent is a Grade II* listed building. The date of founding cannot be fixed with certainty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faversham and Graveney.
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.
Graveney
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graveney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Graveney with Goodnestone, in the Swale district, in Kent, England. It is located between Faversham and Whitstable. Graveney is situated 3 miles east of Oare.
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.
Oare
- Type: Locality
- Location: Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.342° or 51° 20′ 31″ northLongitude
0.8809° or 0° 52′ 51″ eastElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9F328VRJ+R9GeoNames ID
7295904
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