Oare Marshes
Oare Marshes is a 71.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Faversham in Kent. It is owned and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of The Swale Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, National Nature Reserve, Ramsar internationally important wetland site, Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and Site of Special Scientific Interest.Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Thomas the Apostle and Cleve Hill Solar Park.
Church of St Thomas the Apostle
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Harty on the Isle of Sheppey in the county of Kent is a Grade II* listed building. The date of founding cannot be fixed with certainty.
Cleve Hill Solar Park
Power station
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cleve Hill Solar Park is a photovoltaic power station on the Graveney marshes between Faversham and Whitstable, Kent in the UK. It started operations in July 2025.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faversham and Uplees.
Faversham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Graveney
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graveney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Graveney with Goodnestone, in the Swale district, in Kent, England. It is located between Faversham and Whitstable.
Oare Marshes
- Type: Wetland
- Description: park in United Kingdom
- Categories: park and body of water
- Location: Oare, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3463° or 51° 20′ 47″ northLongitude
0.8808° or 0° 52′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F328VWJ+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 963982881OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandWikidata ID
Q7074367
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