By Brian Pain In August 2013, Southern Water our friendly local wastewater treatment company, was fined £2.7 million for deliberate...

By Glynn Roberts An untidy place. Baulks of timber lie around. Masts scratch at the grey sky, while gulls wheel and screech. Dogs cavort,...

By John Wellard A Government Inspector’s advice in 2014 that a Creekside footpath at Waterside Close was an ‘aspiration that might not be...

By Julian Mannering Photos by Seamus Masters The 48th annual Swale Smack & Sailing Barge Match took place on Saturday 31st July and...

By John Wellard Many locals of Upper Brents (myself included) and the nearby Barnfield Estate have mourned the closing of the Brents...

By Matthew Hatchwell The Environment Agency has just published a 10-year monitoring review of the projected impacts of sea level rise on...

By Brian Pain BRIDGE REPLACEMENT UPDATE It looks highly likely that the temporary creek crossing will remain on hire for at least two...

Launched recently is this curious looking craft operated by the Faversham Creek Navigation Company, CIC. Designed and built by Eric...

Photos by Seamus Masters Last month the 1897 Thames Sailing Barge Dawn sailed up Faversham Creek to deliver a cargo of Fairtrade goods....

By Brian Pain The current planning application for housing on Ordnance Wharf has attracted an exceptionally high number of objections,...

By Brian Pain It was only a matter of time before property developer Michael White applied again for planning permission on Ordnance...

By Brian Pain Over the past twenty years the buildings along the Creek have changed. What was once a thriving port, full of industrial...

TOWN JETTY Built in 1987 the Town Council owned jetty at the Front Brents was in real need of major repair and refurbishment having had...

We have been contacted by several readers who are concerned that the temporary creek bridge will become a permanent fixture. We feel it...

The lower half of the Town jetty is now in a safe condition and shortly, the Faversham Creek Navigation Company will gently dredge along...

By Brian Pain Photo by Alex Law On the morning of Monday, 9 December, the huge crane was finally in place and due to lift the swing...

Words by Richard Fleury Photos by Pete Smith and Lucy Wood Overshadowed by the grand Thames sailing barges, boxy houseboats, and...

By Richard Fleury Delays replacing the creek swing bridge could have cost Faversham half a million pounds in grants. The Government’s...

By Brian Pain Faversham’s creek bridge will be lifted out by crane before Christmas for inspection by engineers. “Our plan is to carry...

A brief history of the Swale Match, by Julian Mannering