Restaurants
Posillipo Faversham
Italian restaurant at Provender Mill in Faversham, from a small Kent group that also has sites in Canterbury and Broadstairs.
Guided tour of Britain's oldest brewer: an 80-minute walk through the brewery and a tutored tasting. Book ahead; over 18s.
Shepherd Neame describes itself as Britain’s oldest brewer, brewing in Faversham for over 850 years. The 80-minute guided tour covers brewing from raw materials to distribution, includes the Old Brewery Store and ends with a tutored tasting. The visitor centre is in a restored medieval hall house. Individual tours are booked online or by phone; the over-18 limit comes from the Visit Swale listing.
Restaurants
Italian restaurant at Provender Mill in Faversham, from a small Kent group that also has sites in Canterbury and Broadstairs.
Farm Shops & Producers
Faversham cider maker with an online shop: traditional, sparkling and fruit ciders, mixed cases, and stalls at Faversham and Rochester markets.
Farm Shops & Producers
Faversham brewery at Brogdale Farm making cask, keg and bottled beer for the public and the trade.
Pubs
17th-century marshland real ale pub at Hollowshore near Faversham, with food and bat and trap.
GuideCastles & History, Parks & Walks
The Fleur de Lis, St Mary of Charity, Shepherd Neame tours, Oare Gunpowder Works, Oare Marshes and Brogdale, with the days and rules each owner lists.
Family Days Out, Parks & Walks
Charity-run orchards holding the National Fruit Collection, with year-round self-guided orchard walks on an Orchard Pass, a cafe and a farm shop.
Castles & History, Museums & Galleries
Faversham Society museum on Preston Street tracing the town from pre-Roman settlement through its industrial and farming history. Free entry.
Castles & History, Parks & Walks
Free woodland country park on the site of a former gunpowder factory, with surfaced paths, a visitor centre and wetland wildlife.
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