Parks and open spaces

Mote Park

For information about Ash dieback disease - Chalara Fraxinea - visit the Forestry Commission Website

Please follow Forestry Commission advice if you are visiting an infected or suspected wood.

Chalara helpline: 08459 33 55 77 (open 8am - 6pm every day) or email: plant.health@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

The council maintains more than 200 parks, open spaces, play areas, allotments, commons and woodlands, which attract millions of visitors every year. We look after children's playgrounds, nature reserves and sports pitches.

Consultation - Park Wood Skate Park

Exciting news - we have allocated funding in partnership with Golding Homes to build a new skate park at Park Wood Recreation Ground. Please visit our consultation pages for more details about the project and to join in the survey work.

Events and Projects

Find out about events in our parks in 2012

Find out about events at Cobtree Manor Park

Find out about the Mote Park Restoration Project

Volunteering in Mote Park

From hedge clearing to building bird boxes and bulb planting, our Mote Park Volunteers get involved in all sorts of different ways to help out in the park. Find out more about the wildlife, flora and fauna in the park while learning new skills and meeting new people interested in looking after the landscape and heritage of the park. Under 16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

To join in: the volunteers meet every Wednesday and the last Saturday of every month. Meeting at the volunteers office next to the toilets at 9.30am and finishing at 1pm.

If you require more information on volunteering at Mote Park please contact the parks team at parksandleisure@maidstone.gov.uk or call the main switch board on 01622 602000.

Facebook

There is also a very healthy online community discussing Mote Park on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/motepark. The page shows alot of the work being done by our volunteers with pictures and comments, pictures of wildlife in the park, plus updated information on events and information about the park.

Medway Valley Partnership

The Medway Valley Partnership provides advice, training and practical support to communities to conserve wildlife, habitats and the landscape. It also supports landowners to enhance the Medway Valley by providing advice about grants, control of invasive species, and advice on Environmental Stewardship applications among other things. More information about what they do is is available on the Medway Valley Countryside website.

They will also be holding some Invasive Species Training on March 7th. Full details about the course can be found here.