Landscape record TQ 86 SE 242 - The Grove Park, Sittingbourne

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The Grove Park was given to the town of Sittingbourne in 1900 for public use. The park includes a cricket pitch, tree avenue and woodland walks

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Grid reference Centred TQ 8855 6426 (339m by 280m)
Map sheet TQ86SE
Civil Parish SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT

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The arboreal character and rural quality belies its urban situation within a district of residential housing, alongside the busy London Road. Avenues of mature beech, oak and sycamore screen the east and west aspects and merge into a woodland walk on the slope beyond the cricket pitch. This is the setting for cricket on a summer's day, and makes Grove Park one of Sittingbourne's most popular recreation grounds. The Grove Park, Key Street, Sittingbourne, was donated to the town by Mr George Andrew about 1900. Features avenues of mature beech, oak and sycamore screen the east and west aspects. (1)


<1> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.

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  • <1> Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org).

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Record last edited

Sep 2 2011 10:26AM