Painters Forstal
Painters Forstal is a village in the Swale district of the English county of Kent.
Painters Forstal is a village in the Swale district of the English county of Kent. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of the town of Faversham and is part of the civil parish of Ospringe. It lies just south of the M2 motorway, and has developed almost completely since the 1950s.
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Worth seeing in and around Painters Forstal
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Faversham Abbey
Faversham Abbey was a Cluniac style monastery immediately to the north-east of the town of Faversham, in north Kent, England.
3.7 km · Cluny style monastery in England · Wikipedia - 02Newnham Castle
Newnham Castle was a medieval castle in the village of Newnham, Kent, England.
3.9 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia - 03National 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.
1.7 km · collection of heritage fruit varieties and cultivars, at Brogdale Farm, Kent, England · Wikipedia - 04Provender
Provender is an English country house in Norton near Faversham in the English county of Kent. It is privately owned but open for tours on certain days, and is an event venue.
2.6 km · house in Norton, Buckland and Stone, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Belmont House and Gardens
Belmont is a Georgian house and gardens in Throwley, near Faversham in east Kent. Built between 1769 and 1793, it has been described as "a marvellous example of Georgian architecture that has remained completely unspoilt".
2.7 km · Georgian house and gardens in Throwley, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Faversham Parish Church
St Mary of Charity, Faversham Parish Church is the Church of England parish church of the town of Faversham in Kent, England. The church spire dominates the town's skyline and is visible from some distance.
3.6 km · church in Faversham, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07The Guildhall
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.
3.4 km · building in Faversham, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Memorials to the victims of the 1916 Faversham Munitions Explosion
The memorial to the victims of the 1916 Faversham Munitions Explosion is a Grade II* listed building in Love Lane cemetery, in Faversham, Kent. Unveiled in 1917, it incorporates a granite Celtic cross and the granite structures surrounding a mass grave for 73 people killed by the Faversham explosion on 2 April 1916, and a nearby freestanding stone which records the names of another 35 who were buried elsewhere.
3.8 km · memorial in Faversham, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09National Shrine of Saint Jude
The National Shrine of Saint Jude, adjoining the Roman Catholic parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Faversham, Kent, England, is a shrine to Saint Jude and a place of pilgrimage and prayer for Catholics and other Christians since it was officially opened in 1955. It comes under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark.
3 km · Shrine in Faversham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Oare Windmill
Oare Mill is a Grade II listed house converted tower mill in Oare, Kent, England that was built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
3.9 km · tower mill in Faversham, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Painters Forstal
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 74 km · London Stansted (STN), 78 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 93 km
- Stations
- Faversham railway station, 3.1 km
- London → Painters Forstal72 km · quickest by road, 2h · £8–10
- London, Essex → Painters Forstal72 km · quickest by road, 2h · £8–10
- Luton, Luton → Painters Forstal109 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Painters Forstal
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Painters Forstal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt is signed throughout although its quality is variable, with a mix of cycle tracks, quiet roads and a few off-road sections.
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Next door to Painters Forstal
- Sheldwichvillage and civil parish in Kent, England, UK2.8 km
- Ospringevillage and civil parish in Kent, UK2.1 km
- Throwleyvillage and civil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Norton, Buckland and Stonecivil parish in Kent, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Brogdalehamlet in Kent, England, UK900 m
- Mockbeggarvillage in Swale, Kent, England, UK3.8 km