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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NW 366 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Cobtree Manor Park, Maidstone |
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Summary
Cobtree Manor Park is a late-20th-century park which was given to the people of Maidstone for recreational activities, predominantly golf. The site also includes the Museum of Kent Life, the Kent Trust for Nature Conservation, a nature trail and arboretum.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7474 5883 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NW |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ARBORETUM (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
- PARK (Modern - 1967 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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With this late-20th-century country park, the full role of the public park as originally conceived, has been revived. The educational importance of the mid-Victorian park seemingly faded away this century and horticultural excellence has been eroded in favour of sports.
Cobtree re-emerges with the Museum of Kent Life (learn about the past), Kent Trust for Nature Conservation (learn about conservation of wildlife), the Nature Trail (learn about flora and fauna) and, not least, the Arboretum, an extensive planting of ornamental trees and shrubs, labelled for the edification of eager gardeners, and a place of quiet beauty for everyone.
Cobtree Manor Park was the bequest of the late Sir Garrard and Lady Tyrwhitt-Drake ‘for the benefit of the inhabitants of Maidstone and other members of the general public’. (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). |
