Opening Times: Mon - Sat 10am to 4pm
Sun 10am to 1pm (1st Sunday of the month)
or 11am to 2pm (following Sundays)
Last entry time is 15 minutes prior to closing.
Check 'Your Visit' page for any upcoming closures.
National Curriculum Links
‘Pupils should be taught about an aspect of history or a site dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the locality.’ History National Curriculum 2013
Our Focus
History:
-The evolution of Faversham Abbey.
-Monarchs that have granted charters to Faversham.
We offer a half day visit, which would include the activities below.
Click here to complete a booking form to arrange your visit.
We offer a half day visit to the Faversham Charters (9:15-11:45)
9:15-10:00
-The children would start by looking at a short presentation about the creation of Faversham Abbey and the monarchs of the time.
-The whole class will dress in medieval clothes (if they wish). Focus particularly on the monks and abbot costumes.
10:00 – 11:30 They will complete 2 different activities in rotating groups for approx. 45 mins per activity:
1. Visit the exhibition and find all the monarchs mentioned in our charters and display boards. Put them in order of their reigns. Ext: If they complete this they can do a wordsearch.
2. Go on a town walk to the site of the Abbey (show them the QE playing fields and stone there) and visit the remaining gatehouse. Talk more about the daily life of monks who lived in the Abbey.
11:30-11:45
-We will remove all the costumes and have a brief chat about what they have learnt.
-You will return to school at 11:45
As an optional extra, you could eat your lunch in the historic Guildhall (subject to availability) and soak up the history, or eat lunch in our classroom space.
If you wish to extend your visit to a whole day we would recommend that you contact the schools team at the Fleur de Lis Museum in Preston Street and spend the afternoon looking around there and learning more about the history of Faversham.
education@favershamsociety.org
Should you wish to book with us, please complete the booking form with some suggested dates. Ideally, we book schools on a Monday morning, as this is our quietest day in the Faversham Charters, and we can close to the public whilst you are here. However, we can sometimes accommodate other weekday mornings.
