Uplees
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Uplees, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oare Marshes and Three Mariners Inn.
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 Harty and Davington.
Harty
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harty is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Leysdown, on the Isle of Sheppey, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It consists of a few cottages, a church and a public house, the Ferry Inn. Harty is situated 1½ miles northeast of 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. Davington is situated 1½ miles south of Uplees.
Mockbeggar
Locality
Mockbeggar is a hamlet lying north of the A2 road to the east of Teynham in Swale in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Norton, Buckland and Stone. Mockbeggar is situated 2 miles southwest of Uplees.
Uplees
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Oare, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.34328° or 51° 20′ 36″ northLongitude
0.87043° or 0° 52′ 14″ eastElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9F328VVC+85OpenStreetMap ID
node 255415789OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Uplees” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Uplees”
- French: “Uplees”
- Irish: “Uplees”
- Polish: “Uplees”
- Welsh: “Uplees”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Uplees”. Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.