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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 SE 242 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | The Grove Park, Sittingbourne |
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Summary
The Grove Park was given to the town of Sittingbourne in 1900 for public use. The park includes a cricket pitch, tree avenue and woodland walks
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8855 6427 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86SE |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PUBLIC PARK (Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 2050 AD)
- TREE AVENUE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 2050 AD)
- WALK (Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Historic Park or Garden 124: Grove Park, Sittingbourne |
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Full description
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The arboreal character and rural quality belies its urban situation within a district of residential housing, alongside the busy London Road. Avenues of mature beech, oak and sycamore screen the east and west aspects and merge into a woodland walk on the slope beyond the cricket pitch. This is the setting for cricket on a summer's day, and makes Grove Park one of Sittingbourne's most popular recreation grounds. The Grove Park, Key Street, Sittingbourne, was donated to the town by Mr George Andrew about 1900. Features avenues of mature beech, oak and sycamore screen the east and west aspects. (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). |
