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Pirate Festival – 7th July 2024
Join the Creek Trust on our stall at the Front Brents to celebrate the Pirate Festival – 7th July from 10am.
6th June 2024
Pirate Festival – 7th July 2024
Bridge & Basin
BBC News Report About Faversham Bridge
Report on the BBC website About Faversham’s Swing Bridge – April 2024 You can read the article here. This is the second report that the BBC has published recently about our bridge. We will continue to work with KCC, FTC,
9th May 2024
Bridge & Basin
Update on Bridge meeting
News from the meeting of Helen Whately, MP with local groups, held on Friday 24th February, 2024 Regarding a new impetus for a binding resolution to the Creek bridge impasse Part of the remit of the Trust is to secure for
9th May 2024
Ordnance Wharf
Faversham Society’s Ordnance Wharf History
Read here for the history of the Ordnance Wharf written by the Faversham Society.
17th April 2024
Bridge & Basin
Faversham Creek Bridge: The story so far
1993 to date Periodic maintenance work by KCC Highways Department and Peel Ports has kept the bridge safe for traffic, although surveys indicate the lifespan is short. 2004 A clear statement of the situation regarding ownership of the Bridge and consideration
16th April 2024
Bridge & Basin
Arthur Percival’s Bridge History
Key dates: 1533 -1996 1533 – Local businessmen Henry Hatch leaves Faversham Town money for installation of a sluice to flush the Creek of silt 1558 – Sluice is built at the north end of Stonebridge pond enabling big ships
21st February 2024
Historical Events
Pirate Festival 2024
Claire Elliot, Events Officer at the Town Council, contacted the Trust with a view to holding a Pirate Festival this year, incorporating a pirate theme. Sunday 7th July is the date proposed for the event in between the Thames Barge
9th January 2024
Bridge & Basin
DLUC Visit
The Assistant Director for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities met with representatives of Faversham Town Council and local projects in November. Louise Bareham, Town Clerk, invited the Chair of the Creek Trust to speak about regeneration of the
9th January 2024
Bridge & Basin
Bridge update
The Chair of the Creek Trust gave the following short update at our annual members drinks on Friday 5th January 2024: “One of our long-term aims is the development of the Basin as a marina for heritage craft of all
9th January 2024
Historical Events
Members’ Twelfth Night Drinks
We had a lively gathering of members in the Purifier building on the 5th January with mulled wine, tasty cheese pastries and music provided by Alan Thorne and Ian Parkinson. The event raised £130 for we thank all our members.
9th January 2024
Arthur Percival’s History of Faversham Creek- Part 1
History of Faversham Creek by Arthur Percival – Part 1 24 years isn’t a long time – or is it? In 1987 in its ‘Nutshell Guide’ series the Faversham Society published a booklet on Faversham Creek. This took the form
28th December 2023
Arthur Percival’s History of Faversham Creek – Part 2
History of Faversham Creek by Arthur Percival – Part 2 We focussed in Part 1 on the geological origins of Faversham and Oare Creeks and the pattern of well-watered valleys which once fed them. Now a look at their early
27th December 2023
Arthur Percival’s History of Faversham Creek – Part 3
History of Faversham Creek by Arthur Percival – Part 3 From Part 2 you’ll remember that there was a port (Cilling) somewhere in the Faversham area in 699; that Faversham itself was a town, and a Royal one at that,
26th December 2023