TOWNSPOTLIGHT
Faversham cont.
Faversham Hat Festival
apple-cured sea trout with Waldorf salad; honey roasted breast of Gressingham duck with beetroot and port jus, mashed potatoes and vegetables; and cinnamon coated Nutella gnocchi‘ doughnuts’ with vanilla ice cream.
The Plough Inn The Plough Inn is the quintessential English country pub, with oak beams, wooden floors, comfortable seats and a lovely atmosphere. But the food served and created here is far from‘ the norm’, and it is all delicious – so much so that locals and visitors alike have dubbed The Plough Inn their favourite Faversham restaurant. If you choose to dine here, you will have a wide variety of dishes to pick from including horseradish panna cotta with wild mushrooms and a black pudding crumb; local venison loin with celeriac dauphinoise, butternut squash, salsify, blackberry and cardamom; and local beer-battered fish and chips with mushy pea mayo and tartare sauce.
ANNUAL EVENTS
Faversham Hat Festival // Apr The Faversham Hat Festival started in 2014, and immediately became a huge success. The idea behind it is to celebrate the arts, and to promote Faversham as a fabulous place to visit – and it does both beautifully. Each year there is a new theme to the hats on display, and in the lead up to the festival itself there are plenty of workshops and talks to explain how hats are made – to encourage the public to make their own hats and to exhibit them at the festival. There are prizes for the best creations too!
Faversham Hop Festival // Sep Hops have always been a huge part of the landscape and economy of Faversham, so it’ s no surprise that there is an annual festival to celebrate them. Located in the medieval town centre, this festival is set to commemorate those historic times when families would travel from London to Kent to go hop picking.
Faversham Food Festival // Sep Faversham has long been seen as an important part of the food and drink scene in Kent, and this annual festival shows that that is definitely the case. The food festival provides the public with the opportunity to find out more about where their food comes from, and it offers local producers and creatives the chance to show off their goods and explain how and why they are made.
TOP SPOT
Faversham’ s main market is mentioned in the Domesday book, and since then( and even before then) it has drawn the crowds. Now it takes place in the town centre every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and you can find exceptional local produce, plants, gifts and more.
DID YOU KNOW?
There aren’ t many places outside of London where our kings and queens are buried, but Faversham is one of them. The graves of King Stephen who died in 1154 and Queen Matilda who died in 1152 can both be found in Faversham Abbey.
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