By David Hadley and Matthew Hatchwell Photos and graphics by Ken Pugh To our shame, the UK ranks consistently as one of the worst...

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...

By Harold Goodwin, Friends of Town Quay, Faversham T.S. Hazard a fantastic gem of a building with a fascinating history Fifty years ago,...

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...

By Matthew Hatchwell Photos by David Hadley Faversham and the rest of north Kent are no exceptions to the national crisis that had...

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...

The discharge of sewage into our rivers and seas has at long last become a national scandal. Increasing pressure is being put on the...

By Eldon Hinchliffe, Affinis Design for Faversham Creek Trust A preliminary drawing showing the proposal for reed beds acting as an...

Photos by Seamus Masters Back in 1972, a few keen traditional boat sailors from north Kent organised a race for Essex smacks and Thames...

Photos of Simon and his workshop by Peter Smith. The original Mayhi was a wooden estuary sailing boat, with a characteristic shallow...

By Alan Thorne FAVERSHAM SKIFFIE FEST 2022 This three-day event powerfully demonstrated the pleasure and thrill of racing boats in...

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....