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Faversham Creek Navigation Guide Navigation Guide Supplies and Services Local History This project is being Faversham Town partly financed by the European Regional Centre Management Development Fund. This project has been supported by: Medway & Swale Angel Design – 01797 321380 Estuary Partnership; Swale Borough Council; Faversham Town Centre Management; Faversham Town Council; The Faversham Society. Printed June 2001 Introduction Faversham and its Creek Faversham The EEK Faversham and its creek lie on the north coast of Kent town centre Albion CR To Chandler AM in south-east England. The town is 10 miles from H S R Saxon Shore Way E Canterbury, 55 from London and 67 nautical miles V FA from Oostende. The Corner Shop Faversham and ty Faversham is a small market town with a population Front Brentst Je of nearly 18,000, renowned for its historic buildings, its creek lie on Bridge Rd local boat and brewing industries, picturesque the north coast farmland and estuarine landscapes. ane Abbey Street ay L Qu of Kent in Lane Wes th t Str or Swale Borough Council, Faversham Town Council eet N south-east and the Medway and Swale Estuary Partnership are Court St C working together to promote Faversham Creek and England, re W sc e Guild e Church st n its surrounding countryside to local and continental S Hall t 10 miles from tre R Cross Lane e o sailors. t a Chart d Canterbury, Mills South Road Stone StreetSwimming The Front Brents Jetty on Faversham Creek has 20 Tanners Street Ea 55 from Pool st berths. All water, electricity supply, lighting and St re et security has been renewed in 2001. Faversham Creek London and Fleur de Lis oad Heritage Centre runs into the town and the berths are just five nR 67 nautical oad R minutes walk from the town centre. Berths are also d n a Saxo a o available at Iron Wharf on Faversham Creek, and miles from R m n o Ro Preston Street t Testers and Youngboats on Oare Creek. w Oostende. e N ESSEX Station Road Faversham THAMES Railway Station EST Sittingbourne UARY The Mall Ramsgate A2 London Road Faversham Dover KENT Faversham Canterbury Folkestone Oostende A251 Availability of berths at Front Brents Jetty can Calais Ashford be checked with Faversham Town Council 01795 594442/3 or email: Boulogne [email protected] Saxon Shore Way Faversham – Historic Town and Port A long-distance, signed coastal footpath runs only a few metres from the creekside moorings. A small market town Faversham Faversham Trails may be, yet it boasts over 475 listed Three trails, with a map, which help visitors Feversham, buildings and Britain’s best- explore Faversham’s town and country. “ a large preserved medieval street; oldest brewery; oldest company and oldest Trains populous, and gunpowder mill. Provide a direct link to Canterbury (10 mins), as some say, London (1h 15mins) and Ramsgate (35mins). Intensely photogenic, Faversham a rich town: combines the charm of an historic Cycling Pubs the principle town with the bustle of a working The National Cycle Route runs within 100metres Faversham has many fine pubs. community and colourful shopping of the moorings and provides access to the coast The Albion, situated adjacent to business we centre. and town. the visitor moorings, sells found among excellent food and locally brewed The town’s certain history dates Motoring Shepherd Neame beers, and has them, was from the Roman era and it was an The M2 and A2 pass by Faversham. a beer garden. Photograph courtesy of The Faversham Times fishing for important centre when Kent was a separate Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Birdwatching Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre oysters… The Swale is a seaway bordered by saltmarsh and Open six days a week, illustrating ” Traces of a ruined abbey, the resting southern North Sea, was once busy with Thames mudflats internationally important for breeding Faversham’s 2,000-year history in place of King Stephen and Queen barges carrying goods such as gunpowder, bricks and and wintering birds. Brent geese, wigeon and colourful displays. Preston Street. Daniel Defoe, A Tour through Matilda, can be seen in Abbey Street agricultural produce to London. Some of these avocet are a few of many species seen at Oare and the Whole Island on the adjacent bank of the Creek. barges, now privately preserved, can be seen at South Swale Nature Reserves. Chart Gunpowder Mills For information on of Great Britain, Standard Quay. The oldest of their kind in the these and other 1724 The tidal creek, connecting the port world. Open Saturday, Sunday attractions in of Faversham to The Swale and the What does the area have to offer? and Bank Holidays from Easter Faversham and the Listed in this guide are just a few of the many to October, 14.00 to 17.00. Off surrounding district, facilities that Faversham and the surrounding area has South Road. visit Faversham’s to offer. More information on these and other website: attractions can be obtained from the Tourist Faversham Swimming Pools www.faversham.org Information Centre at the Fleur de Lis Heritage Indoor pool open all year round, or contact the Centre, Preston Street 01795 534542 or from outdoor pool open during the Tourist Information Swale Tourism, Sittingbourne 01795 417478. summer. Centre at the The Faversham calendar includes the Classic Car Abbey Street Fleur de Lis Rally in May, the Open House Scheme in July, the The longest preserved medieval Heritage Centre Hop Festival in August / September and the evening street in the country. 01795 534542 Carnival in October. With its unspoilt public houses and reasonably priced Access and Attractions eating-places, the town is a wonderful place to visit. Faversham Creek 38 d 17 7 r 2 2 Sea wall a 8 H 1 6 3 01 02 36 32 12 FS Faversham Mud 09 0 HARTY FERRY Spit 2 38 BY Sea wall 12 22 Mud 11 2 34 2 No2No1 22 33 G No2 R Outfall 16 No4 Sea wall R 05 s No6 n e 03 R o y WRECK G r (conspic) No8 R 03 Cottages s 01 g n Nagden Marshes i t l a 02 S Pylon (Safe overhead 02 clearance 25m) Power 04 16 Channel 36 Obstructions midway No10 0 Slip 09 9 between 0 salting banks 12 R 6 No3 11 FS G Shipwrights Saltings 3 0 8 1 6 No5 Channel 5 G 1 Normans Hill Arms 1 midway 08 11 No12 11 between R Saltings 19 05 salting banks 06 G No7 22 12 EEK 22 51°20' CR 23 E 25 Channel about AR 26 O White 8 metres from buoy; 1 28 midway to north 1 Stones Channel Boughton 2 8 metres off bank opposite 8 Whf Mast 13 27 14 4 2 3 8 R 12 Nagden 29 12 Pole 3 Ham Marshes Shed 1 No9 4 Stakes G 14 Channel is midway between s banks and saltings g n 12 i t l 14 a S ouseintransit No11 17 G 1616 16 14 R Chnl Wareh r 1 20° off 7 bank yste Obstructions Saltings 17 hspireandO 18 hurc C Obstn Sewage 1 8 Works 2 Saltings 19 2 2 Whf 27 Slip Iron Wharf 28 Boatyard SStandardtandard QuayQuay 28 Tower Whf Church Front Brents Jetty Weston 28 Works TownTown Quay 2 9 SSwingwing bridge 34 Spire 0500 Church Metres FAVERSHAM 0°54' E To be used in conjunction with navigational charts Information Faversham Creek Facilities London Weather Centre Weather information and forecasts Communications Booking, fees and moorings 0207 831 5986 In addition to VHF Ch 16, mariners Visiting craft, up to a length of 8 metres, can Police / Emergency services are advised to monitor VHF Ch 12 generally be accommodated at the Front Brents Jetty. 999 (Port Control London) in the The moorings are on soft mud that is exposed at low Thames estuary for details of tide. Craft are attached to the wooden jetty, which has Faversham Health Centre shipping movements and similarly access ladders. for most medical needs and enquiries. Ch 74 (Medway radio) in the 01795 562000 Medway/Swale area. Current tidal Fresh water and electricity will be available from the heights are available from these early part of the 2001 sailing season. Faversham Creek Chandlery stations. 9am-6pm (closed Tues) The jetty is secured by a self-locking gate. The Stocks: safety equipment and wide range of Kingsferry Bridge security gate code will be supplied when mooring fees nautical requirements, including charts. can be contacted on VHF Ch 10 are paid. Please note that you will be unable to return (“Y14” for Faversham Creek) to arrange a lift. to the mooring without knowing the security code. 01795 591957 Thames Coastguard Fees can be paid at the Albion public house, next to Iron Wharf Boatyard VHF Ch.16/67 the jetty, or at the Corner Shop, Church Road, Boat diesel, showers and washing machines 01255 675518 Upper Brents – the store is 100 metres south from Emergency phone 999 the jetty. The Corner Shop is open from 6:00 to 18:30 weekdays, 7:00 to 18:30 Saturday, and 8:00 to Contacts 12:00 Sunday. Medway Ports Authority The Albion 01795 596596 We hope you will enjoy your 01795 591411 visit to Faversham, but please: Faversham Town Council The Corner Shop 01795 594442 • dispose of refuse at designated 01795 532336 points. Try to use the recycling or email [email protected] Swale Tourism, Swale Borough Council facilities where possible. (Tesco 01795 417478 and Swimming Pool car parks). Medway and Swale Estuary Partnership • please do not alight on islands in 01795 590112 the Swale and Medway, these are environmentally sensitive areas Faversham Tourist Information Centre that support internationally rare 01795 534542 birds and plants.
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