Gardens · South East England
Pines Garden
Pines Garden — garden in St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Teynham · 5.8 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Pines Garden is a public garden in the United Kingdom. Address: CT15 6DZ. Wikidata describes it as: "garden in St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent". Coordinates: 51.2836°, 0.7857°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Pines Garden is a 6-acre area of parkland, located on the winding beach road from St Margaret's at Cliffe village down to the beach at St Margeret's Bay, near Dover.
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Background
Description
Note: Calyx means "husk" or "pod" and the centre is pod shaped. Built on the demolished site of the original bungalow of the garden. was designed, by a collaborative team of 'Helionix Designs' (architect "Alistair Gould"), Structural Engineer "Cameron Taylor" (now part of Scott Wilson Group)and 'Conker Conservation'. The Bay Trust and designers are all members of the 'Carbon Free Group'. It has pneumatic rammed chalk walls (maximum thickness of 650mm). Its domed roof (Catalan vault) uses techniques patented by Spanish-American architect Rafael Guastavino in 1885. 'Rings of local clay tiles are glued together with fast setting gypsum plaster to form a self-supporting dome that is constantly…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2836, 0.7857
- County
- Kent
- District
- Swale
- Parish
- Doddington
- Postcode
- CT15 6DZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Established
- 1971
- Nearest railway station
- Teynham — 5.8 km
- Official site
- baytrust.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q16898399 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pines Garden (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Pines Garden, St Margaret's at Cliffe - geograph.org.uk - 1520841.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pines Garden?
- Pines Garden is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CT15 6DZ), in the parish of Doddington.
- When was Pines Garden built?
- Built or established in 1971.
- Who owns Pines Garden?
- Pines Garden is owned by The Bay Trust.
- Is Pines Garden a protected site?
- Yes — Pines Garden is part of the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Pines Garden?
- The nearest railway station is Teynham, about 5.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CT15 6DZ.