Parks · South East England
Milton Creek Country Park
Milton Creek Country Park — park in Kent, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Kemsley · 1.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Milton Creek Country Park is a public park in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2001. Managed by Swale Borough Council. Wikidata describes it as: "park in Kent, England". Coordinates: 51.3550°, 0.7450°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: The Swale SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
- Ramsar wetland: The Swale
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Milton Creek Country Park is situated in 128 acres between Milton Regis and Kemsley, on the west bank of Milton Creek in Sittingbourne, Kent, England. This site was once called Church Marshes Country Park.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The site of the country park has been used since early times and archaeological evidence shows that Saxon and Roman Britain settlements were present in the vicinity. Holy Trinity Church and Castle Rough are the last remaining local historical features. In the Victorian era the region was used for barge-building and gravel extraction for brick-making. Barges transported the bricks to London and returned with London’s domestic waste to be burnt or buried at the site. Churchfield Wharf was also formerly the site of a ship breaking company. The Romani people formerly had a site in the Milton Creek area. It was a former brick and gravel pit; the area became a landfill site, which closed in 1973.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3550, 0.7450
- County
- Kent
- District
- Swale
- Parish
- Swale, unparished area
- Postcode
- ME10 2DE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Established
- 2001
- Nearest railway station
- Kemsley — 1 km
- Opening
- 7 days a week, dawn until dusk
- Official site
- miltoncreek.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q6861050 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Milton Creek Country Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Church Marshes Country Park - work in progress - geograph.org.uk - 710844.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Milton Creek Country Park?
- Milton Creek Country Park is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode ME10 2DE), in the parish of Swale, unparished area.
- When was Milton Creek Country Park built?
- Built or established in 2001.
- Who owns Milton Creek Country Park?
- Milton Creek Country Park is owned by Swale Borough Council, and operated by Swale Borough Council.
- Is Milton Creek Country Park a protected site?
- Yes — Milton Creek Country Park is part of the The Swale SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Milton Creek Country Park free to visit?
- Yes, Milton Creek Country Park is free to enter.
- How do I get to Milton Creek Country Park?
- The nearest railway station is Kemsley, about 1.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode ME10 2DE.