Painters Forstal
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Kent, UK
- Also known as: “Painter’s Forstal” and “Painters Forstal, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Fruit Collection and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehill and North Street.
Whitehill
Hamlet
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehill is a hamlet to the south of Faversham in Kent, England. A stream rises at Westbrook, a small distance south of Whitehill. At the 2011 Census, the population was included in the civil parish of Ospringe.
North Street
Hamlet
North Street is a hamlet two miles south of Faversham in Kent, England. The hamlet lies on the A251 road immediately south of its crossing of the M2 motorway. It is in the civil parish of Sheldwich.
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. Davington is situated 2 miles northeast of Painters Forstal.
Painters Forstal
- Category: locality
- Location: Ospringe, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.29489° or 51° 17′ 42″ northLongitude
0.85595° or 0° 51′ 21″ eastElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
9F327VV4+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 30446509OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Painters Forstal” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Painters Forstal”
- French: “Painters Forstal”
- Irish: “Painters Forstal”
- Polish: “Painters Forstal”
- Welsh: “Painters Forstal”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Augustine’s Church and Painter’s Forstal.
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