Greenspace Services

Medway has more than 200 parks and open spaces covering 1,900 hectares.

Photo of a tree

Greenspace Services manage and enhance more than 100 amenity spaces, which include:

74 play areas and 25 with play provision for disabled children;
two skate parks;
seven multi-use games areas;
21 recreation grounds;
16 parks;
28 allotments;
Capstone Farm Country Park;
Riverside Country Park;
Ranscombe Farm Reserve;
37 countryside sites; and
eight memorials in remembrance.

The responsibilities of Greenspace Services include:

delivery of a programme of Greenspace Development Projects and the Medway Wildlife, Countryside and Open Spaces Strategy;
inspection of parks by a ranger team;
management of grounds maintenance contract;
management of council tree stock through a specialist tree section;
compliance with established service standards;
supporting opportunities for volunteering activities and the development of Friends Groups;
delivery of education, events and activities across the Greenspace estate; and
management of a memorial bench and tree scheme.

Download the Greenspace Events Programme 2012 (pdf 9,317KB) or get the latest Greenspace news on recent and planned works on Greenspace sites in Medway. To use this file you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have it on your computer, please use our advice page.

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Visit the What's On website to find out more about Medway's schedule of events, outdoor activities, festivals and theatre.

To use this file you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have it on your computer, please use our advice page.

For more information contact Greenspace Services by telephone: 01634 306000 or by email: info@medway.gov.uk

Write to: Greenspace Services, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR

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Kent ME4 4TR

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