Oare Gunpowder Works
Oare Gunpowder Works is in Faversham, Swale District, England. Oare Gunpowder Works is situated nearby to the community center West Faversham Community Centre, as well as near the forest Bysing Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Faversham Stone Chapel and Maison Dieu.
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. Faversham Stone Chapel is situated 1 mile southwest of Oare Gunpowder Works.
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. Maison Dieu is situated 1 mile south of Oare Gunpowder Works.
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. Faversham Guildhall is situated 1 mile southeast of Oare Gunpowder Works.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Davington and 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.
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.
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 1½ miles west of Oare Gunpowder Works.
Oare Gunpowder Works
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Faversham, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.32474° or 51° 19′ 29″ northLongitude
0.87164° or 0° 52′ 18″ eastOpen location code
9F328VFC+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 551464500OpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park and West Faversham Community Centre.
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