Park Farm, Kent
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| Park Farm | |
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  Park Farm Location within Kent | |
| Population | 6,310 (2009)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TR008397 |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TONBRIDGE |
| Postcode district | TN23 |
| Dialling code | 01233 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Park Farm is a suburb of Ashford, adjacent to the Village of Kingsnorth in Kent, South East England, created as an area of new houses, started in the 1990s which mainly consists of brick built detached or semi-detached homes. At the 2011 Census the population of the suburb is included in the civil parish of Kingsnorth.
The area includes two Primary schools which are Kingsnorth CEP and the newer Furley Park and two pre-school nurseries, A large Tesco supermarket, shops (a pizza takeaway, estate agents and a hairdresser). It also has a community hall, situated close to the A2070 road, Ashford to Brenzett. The Marshlink Line runs along the east border with the M20 a few minutes drive.
The area is a few minutes drive to Junction 10 or the M20 and is served by the B-Line Little and Often buses run by Stagecoach, which runs every few minutes. The 2A runs every hour as well, going to Tenterden. During the day also around 15 designated school route bus and coaches pick up along its roads and is approximately 2 miles east of Ashford International railway station which now links High Speed 1 and its Javelin trains which share the Eurostar lines and can whisk people to Ebbsfleet International station in 20 minutes, Stratford International in 30 minutes and the London St Pancras in 37 minutes or less.
Park Farm and its surrounding areas has easy access to the coast being less than 10 miles or 20 mins to the beaches and seaside towns of Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay, Hythe, Greatstone or Camber Sands.
Park Farm is centred by a local park which is home to a football pitch, a basketball court, two swing parks and a popular moat shaped fishing lake which is fished by people of all ages almost all year round.
This area of Ashford is ever expanding due to the recent nearly finished development at Bridgefield which is either side of the A2070 and then now with the new future development at the Cheesemans Green site which will bring a whole new community and will comprise 1,180 new build homes when complete will stretch beyond Sevington and almost to Junction 10 of the M20. The new area is promised to house a new primary school, a convenience store, a local restaurant, health centre and various communal facilities such as a community centre and sports pitches. The first phase of development will provide a 1 km access road linking the development to the A2070 Hamstreet by pass this is due to be completed by the end of 2013. The build will consist of fourteen phases, with phase one, which will be known as Stour Meadows, due to consist of 140 two and three bedroom cottages and four bedroom family homes.
Transport[]
The area is a few minutes drive to Junction 10 or the M20 and is served by the B-Line Stagecoach South East bus, which runs every 20 minutes during the day also around 15 designated school route bus and coaches pick up along its roads and is approximately 2 miles east of Ashford International railway station which now links High Speed 1 and its Javelin trains can whisk people to Ebbsfleet International station in 20 minutes, Stratford International in 30 minutes and the London St Pancras in 37 minutes or less.
The Marshlink, Ashford to Hastings railway line runs along the east border and Ashford Borough Council have proposed a new station on this line to serve Park Farm.
References[]
- ^ "2009 Ward Level Population Estimates" (PDF). Kent County Council. November 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
- Ashford, Kent