Fairfax Close

Fairfax Close is an electrical substation in Medway, England. Fairfax Close is situated near Deanswood Post Office, as well as near the community center Parkwood Community Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Paul’s Church and St Matthew’s Church, Wigmore.

St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul’s Church is situated 1,200 feet east of Fairfax Close.

St Matthew’s Church, Wigmore

Church

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Matthew’s Church, Wigmore is situated 1,500 feet west of Fairfax Close.

Foxburrow Wood

Forest

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Foxburrow Wood is a 6.1-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Rainham in Kent. It is owned and managed by Medway Council. This is a remnant of a much larger historic wood, and it has flora which are indicators of ancient woodland such as herb paris and bluebells.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rainham and Yelsted.

Rainham

Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rainham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Strood it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns. There is also a town of Rainham in Essex.

Yelsted

Hamlet

Yelsted is a hamlet in the Borough of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, England. In 1800, Edward Hasted noted that it was spelt Gillested. It was a manor in the parish of Stockbury, the manor-house was owned by 'John de Savage'. Yelsted is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fairfax Close.

Lidsing

Hamlet

Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lidsing is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Boxley, in the Maidstone district, in the county of Kent, England. It is near the M2 motorway and south of Gillingham, adjacent to Bredhurst. In 1911 the parish had a population of 98. Lidsing is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fairfax Close.

Fairfax Close

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.34757° or 51° 20′ 51″ north

Longitude

0.59155° or 0° 35′ 30″ east

Open location code

9F328HXR+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1376987900

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Highlights: Deanswood Post Office and Fairview Community Primary School.

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