Some of the towns major open spaces are:

• Victoria Park (land purchased from Mr Jemmett in 1898)
• William Road Field
• The Ridge, Kennington
• The Queen Mother's Park
• Cudworth Road
• Willesborough Recreation Ground
• The Memorial Gardens
• The Old Burial Ground (closed in 1859)

We are responsible for most of the open space in Ashford Town and have a proactive approach to maintaining the towns open spaces, and we are constantly looking at ways to improve them.

In recent years we have made major improvements to the open spaces in Cudworth Road, Victoria Park and Bowen's Field, and as part of this work have carried out a number of planting schemes where traditional fruit trees and Kent Cobb Nut trees were planted and are now established in what are referred to as 'public orchards', a similar project has also been carried out in Bethersden. The Fountain in Victoria Park was refurbished in 2007.

This year work is being carried out in Watercress Field to enhance the tree planting, some poor specimens are being removed with further planting being carried out.

The Queen Mother's Park is a haven for wildlife with a lot of the area set aside as natural habitat.  In conjunction with The Kentish Stour Countryside Project, over the past few years there has been a planting program native wild flowers.

Bowen's Field has been part of the Town's flood prevention measures for a number of years, as part of the project that was partly funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the retention basins have been re-contoured and planted with a variety of reeds to improve their conservation value.  The work has also made the area a far more interesting place for visitors to walk with a number of species of butterfly, kingfishers and reed buntings visiting there, whilst retaining a grassed area for people to play.

One of our projects, over the past two years, and as an ongoing project, we are working to open up the banks to the River Stour to increase the visual aspects on the riverside walks and again this work is providing new natural habitats for wildlife.  The areas adjacent to the River Stour that runs through the town, are collectively referred to as The Green Corridor. 

The Council's main Contractor for grounds maintenance is Kent County Council Contract Services.

If you have any concerns about the Council's grounds maintenance please telephone 01233 330303, 330341 or 330342.

We also run and maintain a number of cemeteries in the Borough, please view our Cemeteries and Crematorium webpage for more details.

View our Parks and Open Spaces webpage for more detailed information on specific areas.