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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 SW 96 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Hextable Park |
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Summary
The park was opened in 1991 and is designed to serve both recreational and environmental users. There are sports fields and also a 'natural' area with explanatory plaques to identify trees, flowers and insects.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5213 7020 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57SW |
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| Parish: | HEXTABLE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Historic Park or Garden 142: Hextable Park |
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Full description
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DESCRIPTION
Hextable Park, opened in 1991, is one of Kent's newest public parks. It aims to please both sporting and environmental lobbies. There are football and tennis facilities and a playground. The natural areas - the pond, the wetland and copse - have explanatory plaques to help in the identification of trees, wildflowers and insects. Several local landmarks can be seen in the view from the Mound.
HISTORY
Features
pond
water feature
Wetland.
artificial mound
Several local landmarks can be seen in the view from the Mound.
(1)
Kent County Council, 1996, The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium) (Unpublished document). SKE12972.
<1> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Kent County Council. 1996. The historic parks and gardens of Kent (Kent Gardens Compendium). |
| <1> | Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org). |
