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All Saints from the River Medway
November 2017

Photograph Helen Cooper

 

All Saints Church, Maidstone
from the River Medway
February 2017

Photograph John Butler

 

All Saints Church and the Archbishops' Palace Maidstone
from the River Medway

June 2020

Photograph Graham Heath

All Saints Church
17th July 2023

Photograph Graham Heath

 

All Saints Nave
October 2008

 

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Photo Gallery

All Saints
The Reredos behind the High Altar
August 2011

Photograph Lionel Marchant

 

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Ascension window
The window is hidden from view by the Reredos behind the High Altar.
This impression was created by Susan Nystromma
e-mail: SNystromma@aol.com

July 2011

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Hatchment cover near the south west door
Restored 2009

Photograph Andrew Clarke

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The 1980 organ console
May 2007

Photograph Lionel Marchant

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The 1959 Willis Chamber Organ
May 2002

Photograph Lionel Marchant

All Saints and the Archbishops' Palace

from the River Medway

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Holy Name Chapel Triptych
August 2011

Photograph Lionel Marchant

 

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Holy Name Chapel
June 2004

Photograph Lionel Marchant

 

All Saints Sanctuary
June 2004

Photograph Lionel Marchant

 

All Saints Church, Maidstone

from the tower of St. Michael's Church, Maidstone
November 2015

Photograph Graham Heath

 

All Saints Church, Maidstone

from the River Medway
December 2015

Photograph Dan Daley

 

 

27th October marked the 20th anniversary of the opening of this iconic structure by HRH Prince Michael of Kent.

Winner of a design competition aided by the general public, this bridge was the first of three footbridges built across the River Medway as part of the £9m River Walk Millennium project between Teston and Aylesford. This was the largest Millennium project in the South East.

Designed by Flint and Neill (Wilkinson, Eyre Architects) and built by Christina and Nielson, this bridge is constructed of aluminium and carbon fibre, with stainless steel supports and resin-filled posts, all supported on a single pier, and by the cable stays which balance the whole structure.

It cost £650,000 and has won several awards for design and innovation and is very low maintenance because of its material composition. It is an extremely light and delicate 80 metre long structure, spanning 45 metres of river and 35 metres of flood plain from its single pier, and rests lightly on the eastern bank which consists of a listed ragstone wall. It is situated in what was described by one of the judges (then Royal Fine Art Commission Secretary Richard Coleman) as "probably the most sensitive site for a bridge in the whole country."

It is certainly one of the most popular pedestrian routes across the river today. I am proud to have been the Chairman of that Competition Committee in 1997.

Dan Daley

December 2019

Photograph Dan Daley