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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 873 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Penenden Heath Recreation Ground |
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Summary
Penenden Heath is a recreation ground which features a garden of rhododendrons and azaleas. Facilities include a children's playground, tennis courts, a bowling green, a cricket pitch, football pitches and a putting green.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7714 5744 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RECREATION GROUND (Post Medieval to Modern - 1882 AD to 2050 AD)
- GARDEN (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Historic Park or Garden 227: Penenden Heath Recreation Ground |
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Full description
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Tennis courts, bowling and putting greens are fenced in a formal garden adjacent to the heath where cricket and football are played. In the garden, rhododendrons, azaleas and heathers thrive on the acid heathland sand. There is a separate children's playground.
Penenden Heath was the ancient Saxon centre of legal administration and, as a ground of common access, was the site of musterings of Kentish radicals through the ages. It was enclosed and presented to Maidstone as a recreation ground by the Earl of Romney in 1882. (1)
<1> Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS), 2005, Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org) (Website). SKE16061.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Website: Parks and Gardens Data Services Limited (PGDS). 2005. Parks and Gardens UK (www.parksandgardens.org). |
