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Oare Marshes

4.04 miles (6.5 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This beautiful nature reserve near Faversham has nice trails to follow along the Swale estuary and Oare Creek. It's a great place for bird spotting with a huge variety of wetland birds to look out for.
You can start the walk from the car park and visitor centre on the estuary. You can then follow a section of the Saxon Shore Way and other footpaths to form a circular walk around the marshes. The route visits the little village of Oare where there's a 13th century church, an old windmill and two pubs where you could stop for refreshments.
You'll also pass along the delightful Oare Creek with lots of boats and views over to Nagden Marshes.
The Swale Heritage Trail also passes through the marshes so you could pick this up to extend your walk. Head west and you can visit Conyer, Sittingbourne and the pretty Milton Creek Country Park.

Postcode

ME13 0QA - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Oare Marshes OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Oare Marshes Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Photos

On the Sea Wall Alongside Oare Creek - geograph.org.uk - 421139

On the Sea Wall Alongside Oare Creek

Up Oare Creek Without a Paddle - geograph.org.uk - 421128

Up Oare Creek Without a Paddle

Up Oare Creek Without a Paddle - geograph.org.uk - 421128

Up Oare Creek Without a Paddle

Sea Wall at Oare Marshes - geograph.org.uk - 421078

Sea Wall at Oare Marshes

Small Copper Butterfly 1 (4885629999)

Small Copper Butterfly

Golden Plover re-settling - geograph.org.uk - 1601785

Golden Plover re-settling

Footpath over Uplees Marshes between Little Uplees and the Saxon Shore Way - geograph.org.uk - 471438

Footpath over Uplees Marshes between Little Uplees and the Saxon Shore Way

Saxon Shore Way footpath alongside The Swale - geograph.org.uk - 471415

Saxon Shore Way footpath alongside The Swale

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

Oare Marshes.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Oare Marshes.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)