Faversham Creek is a navigatable, tidal creek that runs south off the Thames estuary some 6 miles west of Whitstable on the North Kent Marshes.
Without the Creek, Faversham would never have existed. Its value for the discharge and loading of cargoes was recognised in prehistoric times when a settlement was established not far from Standard Quay. A Roman villa came next, and 1,000 years later, in 1147, the building of a huge Abbey began nearby. Stone for this was imported from France through the Creek.
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