National Fruit Collection
The United Kingdom's National Fruit Collection is one of the largest collections of fruit trees and plants in the world. Over 2,040 varieties of apple, 502 of pear, 350 of plum, 322 of cherry and smaller collections of bush fruits, nuts and grapes are grown, in 150 acres of orchards.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Faversham railway station and Maison Dieu.
Faversham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Faversham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Faversham, Kent. It is 51 miles 77 chains down the line from London Victoria. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern. Faversham railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of National Fruit Collection.
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 north of National Fruit Collection.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: OhNoPeedyPeebles, Public domain.
Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 3,600 feet northwest of National Fruit Collection.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehill and North Street.
Whitehill
Hamlet
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehill is a hamlet to the south of Faversham in Kent, England. A stream rises at Westbrook, a small distance south of Whitehill. At the 2011 Census, the population was included in the civil parish of Ospringe.
North Street
Hamlet
North Street is a hamlet two miles south of Faversham in Kent, England. The hamlet lies on the A251 road immediately south of its crossing of the M2 motorway. It is in the civil parish of Sheldwich.
Painters Forstal
Village
Painters Forstal is a village in the Swale district of the English county of Kent. It is 2 miles south-west of the town of Faversham and is part of the civil parish of Ospringe.
National Fruit Collection
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: collection of heritage fruit varieties and cultivars, at Brogdale Farm, Kent, England
- Categories: botanical garden, orchard, and tourism
- Location: Ospringe, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.29971° or 51° 17′ 59″ northLongitude
0.87944° or 0° 52′ 46″ eastOpen location code
9F327VXH+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 314413369OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=orchardOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q41015695
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“National Fruit Collection” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “জাতীয় ফল সংগ্রহশালা”
- Bengali: “ন্যাশনাল ফ্রুট কালেকশন”
- Danish: “National Fruit Collection”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Fruktaro”
- French: “National Fruit Collection”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・フルーツ・コレクション”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・フルート・コレクション”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “National Fruit Collection”
- Slovenian: “National Fruit Collection”
- Spanish: “Brogdale Farm, National Fruit Collection”
- Swahili: “Ukusanyaji wa Matunda ya Kitaifa”
- Swedish: “National Fruit Collection”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brogdale Farm and Brogdale Central Station.
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