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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SW 295
Type of record:Landscape
Name:Central Park, Dartford

Summary

Dartford Park is an early 20th-century park featuring geometric beds, a rose garden and a scented garden.

Grid Reference:TQ 5445 7360
Map Sheet:TQ57SW
Parish:DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • PUBLIC PARK (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
  • ROSE GARDEN (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Historic Park or Garden 41: Central Park, Dartford

Full description

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The long-standing reputation of Dartford parks for horticultural excellence is maintained despite cutbacks. There is seasonal bedding in the geometric beds by the entrance gates, alongside the old canal path and in the memorial garden. The rose garden, island beds of herbaceous perennials, a winter shrub border and the scented garden, all combine to make this a town park for the garden-minded.

A new adventure playground is installed between the garden and the Darent River which flows alongside the park. Further afield are extensive sports grounds.

The original gift of 5 acres of land in 1904 was augmented by purchases by the Local Council. The War Memorial Garden was funded by public subscription and the Garden for the Blind by Dartford Round Tablers. (1-2)


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

<2> Kent County Council, 1996, The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium) (Unpublished document). SKE12972.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org).
<2>Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 1996. The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium).