Oare Marshes Spring – Oare Marshes Nature Reserve loop from Oare

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Oare Marshes Spring – Oare Marshes Nature Reserve loop from Oare

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Oare Marshes Spring – Oare Marshes Nature Reserve loop from Oare

00:48

3.15km

10m

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Easy hike. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: August 14, 2026

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440 m

Oare Marshes Spring

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Oare Marshes is a 71.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Faversham in Kent. It is owned and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.

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1.49 km

Oare Marshes Nature Reserve is an internationally-important wildlife habitat on The Swale. With grazing marsh, freshwater dykes, open water scrapes, reedbed, saltmarsh, and seawall, the reserve is a fantastic place …

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1.69 km

Oare Marshes Viewpoint

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The marshes and mudflats around Oare, Oare Creek and the Swale Estuary are important wildlife habitats. The range of bird species here is especially notable. The area is a nature …

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1.75 km

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2.30 km

Harty Ferry Crossing to Faversham

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Four ferries previously connected the island to mainland Kent: the King's Ferry to Iwade, the Harty Ferry to Faversham, one from Elmley, and a passenger ferry connecting to the Port Victoria railway terminus on the Grain Peninsula.

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2.39 km

Artesian Spring Well

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Artesian Spring Well here. Fill your bottles with Healthy Spring water!

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2.39 km

View of the Isle of Sheppey

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Conyer, just to the east of Sittingbourne, is in the central part of the Swale River, where this tidal creek has moorings for small boats. The hamlet has an …

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2.94 km

Wreck of Pirate Steve

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The a graveyard of steel skeletons of shipwrecks line the sand along the Swale, a tidal channel of the Thames estuary. This beautiful stretch of beach is made even more …

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