Funton Creek

Funton Creek is a locality in Lower Halstow, Swale District, England. Funton Creek is situated nearby to the locality Bedlams Bottom, as well as near Tiptree Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kemsley railway station and Swale railway station.

Kemsley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kemsley railway station is on the Sheerness Line in north Kent, England, and serves the village of Kemsley. It is 45 miles 20 chains down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern. Kemsley railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Funton Creek.

Swale railway station

Railway station

Photo: Les Chatfield, CC BY 2.0.

Swale railway station is in north Kent, England, on the Sheerness Line 47 miles 15 chains from London Victoria, at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge which, along with the more modern Sheppey Crossing, connects the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent. Swale railway station is situated 2 miles east of Funton Creek.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 2½ miles west of Funton Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kemsley and Rushenden.

Kemsley

Village

Kemsley, once a separate village, is now a suburb of Sittingbourne in Kent, England. According to Asserius Menevensis in his contemporary survey, the Danes built a fortress or castle here in 893 at a place called 'Kemsley downe'. Kemsley is situated 2 miles southeast of Funton Creek.

Rushenden

Village

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rushenden is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England, of approximately 500 dwellings. It lies to the south of Queenborough. Rushenden is situated 2½ miles northeast of Funton Creek.

Keycol

Hamlet

Keycol is a village near Sittingbourne in Kent, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the village was recorded in the civil parish of Bobbing. This is on the old Roman road A2 between Key Street and Newington. Keycol is situated 2½ miles south of Funton Creek.

Funton Creek

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

51.38476° or 51° 23′ 5″ north

Longitude

0.69991° or 0° 41′ 60″ east

Open location code

9F329MMX+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 254460080

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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