Park Wood is a suburb of

Maidstone Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...

, Kent.

History

Before the Second World War most of the area around the village of Park Wood was mainly woodland and fields which made up Park Wood farm and nearby Brishing Court Farm among others, on the south east extremity of

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, England. Park Wood village was redeveloped originally around a large playing field where Heather House now stands. In 2006, part of the area was redeveloped into Wallis Fields, and new housing and shops have been built in the area since then following the demolition of the old Park Wood Parade. The population of the ward of Park Wood in Maidstone is rapidly growing, and now includes two new housing developments. One is known as Langley Park off the A274 Sutton Road at Park Wood's eastern border. The other is the Redrow Homes development also along this road. The ward of Park Wood extends from Langley Park along the A274 westward towards Maidstone town centre as far as the Kent Police Headquarters. According to some local residents, Parkwood is also referred to as "West Leeds" to increase property values. In 2012, Rosemary Gardens won a Kent Design Award in the Major Residential category.

Amenities

There is also a large industrial estate off and along Bircholt Road with a varied selection of businesses. The Parkwood Trading Estate was established about mid 1950s and is still growing. It contains a variety of both large and small businesses. Including a branch of

Travis Perkins Travis Perkins plc is a British builders' merchant and home improvement retailer with head offices based in Northampton. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company began in 1797, ...

. There is also a much smaller industrial estate known as Haslemere Industrial Estate, also off the A274 Sutton Road. The population of the Park Wood Ward of Maidstone Borough Council in 2016 is 6,603.

References

External links

Park Wood
Maidstone {{kent-geo-stub