by admin | Mar 3, 2025 | News
If you have ever got lost in the myriad of footpaths that weave in and around Old Park, you will appreciate the value of a handy pocket-sized map. We have produced a custom-made OS map of Old Park, with a photo of the beautiful changing forget-me-not on the front...
by admin | Mar 3, 2025 | News
The AGM of the Friends of Old Park & Chequers Wood will take place on the evening of Monday 3 March in the Friends Meeting House, 6 The Friars, Canterbury, CT1 2AS. The AGM will start at 7pm with a talk about the fascinating archaeology of the site by Alastair...
by admin | Feb 25, 2025 | News
This article in the i newspaper from 23 February 2025 highlights the parallels between the campaign to save Middlewick Ranges in Essex (also acid grassland on MoD land) and the campaign to save Old Park & Chequers Wood in Kent The Essex wildlife site where locals...
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | News
This short 360º video, taken from a drone above Fordwich, shows the ecological connectivity between the Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve / International Wetland Site and the Old Park & Chequers Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). There are...
by admin | Feb 19, 2025 | News, Publications
If you are able to do so, please send in your evidence statement demonstrating recreational usage of the MoD land on Old Park in the recent past (2020 onwards) to support our application to Canterbury City Council to have the site designated as an Asset of Community...
