Post by Les on Apr 24, 2022 3:52:27 GMT
Milton Creek Country Park is situated in 128 acres between Milton Regis and Kemsley , on the west bank of Milton Creek in Sittingbourne, was once called Church Marshes Country Park.
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 Roug are the lastIn 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..
Church Marshes is at the base of Kemsley Down (hills near Kemsley), on the banks of Milton Creek where it flows into the Swale. It is partly due to these two navigable waters which link directly to the River Thames.
The marshes formed and gave nearby locations their rich history. The marshes are named after Holy Trinity Church in Milton Regis..
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.
After the site closed, it needed remedial work carried out jointly by Swale Council, Groundwork Kent & Medway and Rural Arising Ltd (a firm of engineers and ecologists, who specialise in urban regeneration of landfill sites and other similar industrial sites). Rural Arising Ltd, together with Groundwork Kent & Medway and Sittingbourne Community College also provided training and education to a group of 15- and 16-year-olds.
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 Roug are the lastIn 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..
Church Marshes is at the base of Kemsley Down (hills near Kemsley), on the banks of Milton Creek where it flows into the Swale. It is partly due to these two navigable waters which link directly to the River Thames.
The marshes formed and gave nearby locations their rich history. The marshes are named after Holy Trinity Church in Milton Regis..
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.
After the site closed, it needed remedial work carried out jointly by Swale Council, Groundwork Kent & Medway and Rural Arising Ltd (a firm of engineers and ecologists, who specialise in urban regeneration of landfill sites and other similar industrial sites). Rural Arising Ltd, together with Groundwork Kent & Medway and Sittingbourne Community College also provided training and education to a group of 15- and 16-year-olds.