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E. COLI BACTERIA POLLUTION IN FAVERSHAM CREEK
By David Hadley and Matthew Hatchwell Photos and graphics by Ken Pugh To our shame, the UK ranks consistently as one of the worst...
Nov 18, 20245 min read
THE 51ST SWALE SMACK & SAILING BARGE MATCH
By Julian Mannering Photos by Seamus Masters By the time of this year’s Swale Match, on Saturday the 10 August, the weather had acquired...
Nov 18, 20243 min read
TOWN QUAY AND HAZARD are coming back to Faversham...
By Harold Goodwin, Friends of Town Quay, Faversham T.S. Hazard a fantastic gem of a building with a fascinating history Fifty years ago,...
Jun 7, 20243 min read
THE SAGA OF FAVERSHAM CREEK
By Brian Pain On a day-to-day basis the rise in the silt level in the creek is not perceptible but it is surely steadily rising and the...
Jun 7, 202416 min read
THE BIG STINK: WATER QUALITY ON FAVERSHAM CREEK AND THE WESTBROOK
By Matthew Hatchwell Photos by David Hadley Faversham and the rest of north Kent are no exceptions to the national crisis that had...
May 26, 20234 min read
FAVERSHAM CREEK - BRIDGE AND BASIN
By Brian Pain A locked harbour basin at the head of a tidal creek in the centre of a mediaeval town, whose past wealth, commercial...
Nov 10, 20228 min read
CREEK POLLUTION
The discharge of sewage into our rivers and seas has at long last become a national scandal. Increasing pressure is being put on the...
Nov 10, 20225 min read
COULD REED BEDS REDUCE SEWAGE POLLUTION IN FAVERSHAM CREEK?
By Eldon Hinchliffe, Affinis Design for Faversham Creek Trust A preliminary drawing showing the proposal for reed beds acting as an...
Nov 8, 20222 min read
A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY FOR THE SWALE SMACK AND THAMES BARGE MATCH
Photos by Seamus Masters Back in 1972, a few keen traditional boat sailors from north Kent organised a race for Essex smacks and Thames...
Nov 8, 20223 min read
MAYHI - A PHOENIX RISES
Photos of Simon and his workshop by Peter Smith. The original Mayhi was a wooden estuary sailing boat, with a characteristic shallow...
Nov 8, 20222 min read
FAVERSHAM’S SKIFFS
By Alan Thorne FAVERSHAM SKIFFIE FEST 2022 This three-day event powerfully demonstrated the pleasure and thrill of racing boats in...
Nov 7, 20223 min read
CREEK UPDATE
By Brian Pain In August 2013, Southern Water our friendly local wastewater treatment company, was fined £2.7 million for deliberate...
Jan 24, 20223 min read
The Iron Wharf Boatyard
By Glynn Roberts An untidy place. Baulks of timber lie around. Masts scratch at the grey sky, while gulls wheel and screech. Dogs cavort,...
Jan 23, 20225 min read
CREEK FOOTPATH UPDATE
By John Wellard A Government Inspector’s advice in 2014 that a Creekside footpath at Waterside Close was an ‘aspiration that might not be...
Jan 21, 20227 min read
THE KENTISH SAIL ASSOCIATION - A Celebration of Traditional Craft
By Julian Mannering Photos by Seamus Masters The 48th annual Swale Smack & Sailing Barge Match took place on Saturday 31st July and...
Jan 21, 20222 min read
THE END OF AN ERA - BRENTS TAVERN CALLS TIME FOR THE LAST TIME
By John Wellard Many locals of Upper Brents (myself included) and the nearby Barnfield Estate have mourned the closing of the Brents...
Jan 21, 20222 min read
Stop Press: key findings from the Environment Agency’s Thames Estuary 2100 monitoring review
By Matthew Hatchwell The Environment Agency has just published a 10-year monitoring review of the projected impacts of sea level rise on...
Apr 4, 20211 min read
CREEK NEWS - Issue 12
By Brian Pain BRIDGE REPLACEMENT UPDATE It looks highly likely that the temporary creek crossing will remain on hire for at least two...
Dec 18, 20206 min read
CREEK NEWS
Launched recently is this curious looking craft operated by the Faversham Creek Navigation Company, CIC. Designed and built by Eric...
Sep 14, 20201 min read
SB DAWN VISITS FAVERSHAM
Photos by Seamus Masters Last month the 1897 Thames Sailing Barge Dawn sailed up Faversham Creek to deliver a cargo of Fairtrade goods....
Sep 14, 20201 min read
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