Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park

Places of Interest Nearby

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 Country Park.

Three Mariners Inn

Pub

Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Three Mariners Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park.

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 Country Park.

Places in the Area

Davington

Suburb

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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.

Faversham

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Faversham is a town in the English county of Kent, UK. The history of the town can be traced back 2000 years to Roman times. Explosives were a major local industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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.

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