Introduction
Kingsnorth Gardens is a public park of unknown size on the site of a former clay pit. Features include terracing, a pergola, clipped yews and an Italian Garden.
Paths follow the sides of the garden where the banks are planted with drifts of herbaceous plants backed by flowering shrubs and sheltering trees of contrasting foliage colour. The garden is floodlit on summer evenings.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Access contact details
This is a municipal site for general public use.
Owners
Shepway District Council
Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent., CT20 2QY
- History
A worked-out clay pit, renewed with fresh earth, was the gift of Lord Radnor to Folkestone in 1926. Kingsnorth Gardens, named after a former tenant, were created with the traditional panache of ‘Floral Folkestone' and continue to uphold that reputation.
Period
- 20th Century (1901 to 2000)
- Early 20th Century (1901 to 1932)
- Features & Designations
Features
- Pergola
- Hedge
- Terrace
- Garden Terrace
- Description: There are three descending terraces.
- Planting
- Description: Italian garden.
- Ornamental Pond
- Description: Formal ponds in the Italian garden.
- Flower Bed
- Description: In the lowest garden, beds of seasonal flowers vie in spring with shrimp-pink Acers.
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces
Period
20th Century (1901 to 2000)
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Folkestone
- References
References
- Kent Gardens Trust {A Presentation of Parks: A survey of amenity parks and gardens in Kent} (Kent Gardens Trust) 23 A Presentation of Parks: A survey of amenity parks and gardens in Kent