Uplees
Uplees is a remote hamlet north of Faversham, Kent in southeast England.
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. Employees came to work from Faversham on the Davington Light Railway of which Uplees was the northern terminus. It is in the civil parish of Oare.
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Worth seeing in and around Uplees
9 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.
3.5 km · Cluny style monastery in England · Wikipedia - 02St Mary's Church, Luddenham
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Luddenham, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
1.4 km · Grade I listed church in Luddenham, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Faversham 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.
3.4 km · church in Faversham, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Thomas the Apostle
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.
3 km · church in Harty, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Oare Meadow
Oare Meadow is a 2-hectare nature reserve in Oare, north of Faversham in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust.
1.5 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Oare Marshes
Oare Marshes is a 71.4-hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Faversham in Kent, England. It is owned and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust.
1.4 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Oare 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.
2.1 km · tower mill in Faversham, Swale, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08The 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 - 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.
3.3 km · Shrine in Faversham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Uplees
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 74 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 77 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 93 km
- Stations
- Faversham railway station, 3.9 km
- London → Uplees71 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £8–11
- London, Essex → Uplees71 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £8–11
- Luton, Luton → Uplees107 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Uplees
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 Uplees. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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