Oare Gunpowder Works

Oare Gunpowder Works is in Faversham, Swale District, England. Oare Gunpowder Works is situated near the community center West Faversham Community Centre, as well as near the forest Bysing Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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.

Preston-next-Faversham

Suburb

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Preston or Preston-next-Faversham is an area of the town of Faversham, in the Swale district, in Kent, England, which in the past was a separate village and parish.

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″ north

Longitude

0.87164° or 0° 52′ 18″ east

Open location code

9F328VFC+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 551464500

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park and West Faversham Community Centre.

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