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Landscape record TR 23 NW 579 - Radnor Park, Folkestone
Summary
Radnor Park was donated to Folkestone for use as a recreation ground by the Earl of Radnor in 1886. Features include a mock-Tudor lodge, extensive flower beds, tree avenues and a boating lake. It is unclear whether the park is still used as recreation ground.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TR 2214 3654 (349m by 391m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR23NW |
| Civil Parish | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
| County | KENT |
| District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
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Full Description
Flowering cherries bring spring colour to the entrance by the mock-Tudor lodge. Later in the year, there are summer roses in the beds around the pedestal drinking fountain which, itself, is now planted with flowers in season.
Avenues of chestnut, beech and lime trees line a large area used for sport and by visiting circuses. Permits are available for fishing the upper pond.
In a separate area by Victoria Hospital is a model boating pond and a dell where paths follow the Pent stream through a shady valley.
Formerly a recreation ground, Radnor Park was donated by the Earl of Radnor to Folkestone Borough in 1886.
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Record last edited
Mar 1 2024 1:22PM