Milton Creek Gateway Landscape Project

The Department of Communities and Local Government now known as the Home and Communities Agency (HCA) committed £35 million across the Thames Gateway to be spent on Parklands Projects in South Essex, East London and North Kent.
Swale Borough Council made a bid of £2m for the Milton Creek Gateway Landscape Project which is part of the Parklands Projects and this bid was successful.
Milton Creek is a priority for the Council.
It will create a green heart for Sittingbourne, reuniting the town with its Creek side heritage, and providing new links between the regenerated town centre, Milton Creek and the estuary.
This project will create over 52 hectares of new green space, developed on brownfield land. It will also create over 10 km of footpath. The project has been developed as part of Cluster Study.

It will also:

• Create a strong landscape setting for the district at the head of the Creek.
• Provide a sustainable green link between the residential areas to the North of Sittingbourne, the regenerated town centre, and the Swale.
• Improve access to the creek side and complete the church marshes country park. Part of the project will be to provide high quality interpretation of natural and historical features.
• Improve and enhance habitats along the creek and into Church Marshes Country Park.
• Realign the Saxon Shore Way to run alongside the creek, allowing walkers to appreciate the variety of wildlife, scenery and heritage on offer.
• Create long-term opportunities to restructure land uses surrounding the Creek so that future development has a more positive frontage, with rights of way connecting local communities to the Creek.

More information can be found on our latest newsletter.

*Please note this is an old media release, for the latest newsletter and more information please view our Milton Creek Project Page.