Local Parks and Woodlands - Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

TOWN CENTRES AREA ACTION PLAN/ALLOCATIONS DPD QUESTIONNAIRE
HAWKHURST
Question 15_HA - Do you use your local park and/or visit local woodland? If yes, please specify which park and/or woodland you use and for what reason you visit. If
no, please state your local park and/or woodland (if known) and give reasons why you do not use these areas.
Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Ms Muriel Wilson TCAAP/ALL_38 Yes The Nature Reserve near the Moor.
Village functions on the Moor.
Mr Richard Phillips TCAAP/ALL_39 Yes
[superseded by TCAAP/ALL_1066]
No local park (local authority) exists. Unlikely to be a need. Occasionally walk in woodlands in surrounding
area... eg Bedgebury (from Park Road, Hawkhurst) or Hempstead (Benenden).
Mr Brian Inwood TCAAP/ALL_57 Yes Regularly walking either side of the Rye road from Fowlers park ( northwards or southwards) either along the
footpath to Stream lane or across the Rye road to the Moor
D J and V M Buckle/
WRVS Over 60s Club
TCAAP/ALL_64 Yes The Moor - King George V play field.
Stream Lane NNR: recreation.
Mr David Burgess TCAAP/ALL_85 Yes Fowlers Paddock
Bedgebury
Mr Derrick Westgate TCAAP/ALL_87 Yes King George V playing field
A nice place to watch football, for grand children to play safely
Mr John Davis TCAAP/ALL_96 Yes The Moor - for village events.
King George V - for recreation
Heartenoak - when completed for recreation and field opposite playing field extension.
Do not use Rye Road leisure area as too choked and too hidden.
Mrs Wendy Coxeter TCAAP/ALL_103 Yes Fowlers Wood on the Rye Road, Nature Reserve on Stream Lane, Little Switzerland. Dog walking use and
flying kites.
Mr Mark Coxeter TCAAP/ALL_104 Yes My children use The Moor play park.
The nature/woodland + ponds area at the bottom of All Saints could be easily enhanced.
Mr Andrew Hill TCAAP/ALL_106 Yes We walk along the footpaths through Site 64 and beside Site 1004.
Mr John Hunt TCAAP/ALL_109 Yes Gollingwood Nature Reserves & Fowlers Paddock

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mrs Jacqueline Faircloth TCAAP/ALL_114 Yes (1) Recreation Ground at The Moor and (2) Kent Trust Nature Reserve in Stream Lane - both for walking.
Miss Helen Mary Fletcher TCAAP/ALL_115 No I am disabled & do not walk far without the aid of sticks. The other two in the house have moving issues as
well. We rely on the beautiful view from out conservatory on to greenbelt (area 64) & spectacular view across
a valley. This we enjoy daily.
Mrs Ellen Hannavy-Cousen TCAAP/ALL_117 Yes Bedgebury to walk, cycle etc
Natural England TCAAP/ALL_118 Whilst we feel unable to comment on this question, we support the Council in undertaking an audit of how
people use such sites.
Mr Andrew Stevens TCAAP/ALL_123 Yes Yes. Three times a day! Also, you should note that our local park (Heartenoak Playing Fields) were built on
by the Council and have been taken away. Now you propose to take away more green space. What can I
say?
Mr Stephen Crowley TCAAP/ALL_129 No
Pickett TCAAP/ALL_135 Yes Fowler's Park Wood and the footpath through the wood to the fields beyond, to Whites Lane; footpath from
Rye Road to The Moor - for walking
Miss Emily Stevens TCAAP/ALL_143 I used to use my local park until you built affordable housing on it. I visit very regularly the woodland and
countryside around Whites Lane.
Ms Vivienne Marks TCAAP/ALL_145 Yes Bedgbury, Ride + Walk
Mr & Mrs A P Towell TCAAP/ALL_160 Yes Footpath (area 64) and woodland space is essential and should be expanded and preserved.
Mr Anson Paul TCAAP/ALL_167 Yes As footpaths, to go for walks in the area.
Mrs Susan Boerlage TCAAP/ALL_170 No The parish council built on the nearest one to us - the only one surviving is at the Moor and that is too far
away to be useful
Miss Emily Thompson TCAAP/ALL_175 Yes fowler park ;park at the moor.
Mrs Lynn Mansell TCAAP/ALL_179 Yes King George V Playing Fields - for childrens play facilities. Woodland farming part of Sussex border path,
Woodland/fields on both sides of A229 from the Moor to Hawkhurst for recreational walking
Mr Michael Armitage TCAAP/ALL_213 Yes Nature reserve, Stream Lane, Little Switzerland, Cockshot.
Dog walking and off road safety for walking.
Mr Alex Mackay TCAAP/ALL_214 Yes Fowlers Conservation area for walks across neighbouring fields.
Mr James Munro-Faure TCAAP/ALL_215 Yes Leisure walking through woodland to the east of Hawkhurst.
Mr Dominic Plugge TCAAP/ALL_216 Yes I walk my dog + children along the footpaths idenfitied West to East below the land identfified as site ref 1006.
I also use Bedgebury Forest + the playground behind King George Playing fields - opposite The Moor.
Mrs Julie Baker TCAAP/ALL_218 Yes My stepson uses the Moor to play football or basketball with his mates. We use the local footpaths for walks,
not aware of any specific woodland in this area - tend to walk mainly on lanes (Foxhole Lane, Water Lane).
Ms Victoria Plugge TCAAP/ALL_221 Yes King George playing fields, the footpath from Highgate Hill going east which links up to the Rye Road,
Bedgebury, Forest
Mr Ian Dunlop TCAAP/ALL_228 Yes
Mr Dave Boswell TCAAP/ALL_230 Yes The Moor & Nature Reserve.
Mrs Susan Woodard TCAAP/ALL_244 Yes Fowlers wood (conservation area) leading to footpath walks all around Site 64. Footpath walks across fields
leading to the Moor. Villagers can meet trained walkers for walks around Hawkhurst countryside eevery
week. Our family enjoy walking the dog in local countryside and going for picnic and walking across the
footpaths (rather than the roadside path) to the village shops. We enjoy the stunning views and see much

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
wildlife and take exercise at the same time
Ms Paula Barham TCAAP/ALL_267 Yes the paddock on rye road, the nature reserve in stream lane
Mrs Sara Middleton TCAAP/ALL_275 Yes We use the little woodland on Whites Lane for walks and pretend games with my children.
Ms Penelope Goodare TCAAP/ALL_337 Yes I'm not aware of a park but I often use the public footpaths, some of which go through woodlands. I am
especially fond of the walk which begins opposite the Kent Cricketer, crossing 'Little Switzerland' to the Rye
Road, then continues north to Duvals Farm and beyond. (This area seems to have been singled out for
building the largest area of new houses.) Another favourite is the Sussex Border Path, from off Stream Lane
to Bodiam, which so far seems not to be threatened by the building plans.
Mrs Anne Loach TCAAP/ALL_377 What local park/woodland?
Miss Samantha Haycock TCAAP/ALL_426 Yes I use all of the local walks in and around hawhurst.
Mrs Gill Knox TCAAP/ALL_466 Yes King George V fields for children's playground and the nature reserve in Stream Lane for walking.
Tunbridge Wells District
Committee Campaign to
Protect Rural England
TCAAP/ALL_513 Yes Our members use all the local parks and woodlands that have public access. The proximity of Bedgebury
forest is important and much valued, but non-motorised access to it could be easier.
British Horse Society TCAAP/ALL_514 Yes Our members particularly use Bedgebury Forest, for horse riding. However, the requirement to buy a permit
to ride there off the bridleways is a disincentive for some (especially children who ride other people's horses
and whose parents do not ride) and is seen as unfair when cyclists and walkers are not required to pay for
access.
Mr Oliver Tyrwhitt TCAAP/ALL_680 No
Mrs Melinda Tyrwhitt TCAAP/ALL_682 No
Mr C S Brinsley TCAAP/ALL_685 Yes Land at Fowlers. It is on the footpath to Vilage from Duvals Farm to Village
Mr Stanley Acland TCAAP/ALL_721 I am unaware of a park in Hawkhurst but I certainly use the local woodlands regularly
Mrs Nicola Freeman TCAAP/ALL_722 No Simply because there are many walks around The Moor area where I live
K R Weatherly TCAAP/ALL_727 Yes Bedgebury Forest - it has everything.
Mr P Emberson TCAAP/ALL_740 No We visit areas outside the Borough boundary.
Mr Alexander Tyrwhitt TCAAP/ALL_1008 No
Chris Brown TCAAP/ALL_1020 Yes Bedgebury Forest.
Mr Ben Patterson TCAAP/ALL_1038 Yes Frequently visit Bedgebury National Pinetum and surrounding woodland.
Mr Paul Towell TCAAP/ALL_1041 No
Mr Wez Tallett TCAAP/ALL_1048 Yes I do use local wood land on Duvlas Farm and Whites wood, as I enjoy and intrested being in natral
surroundings.
Mr Peter Crocker TCAAP/ALL_1050 Yes I use Bedgebury forest for ridding and exercising my dog.
Mr and Mrs R W M Baker TCAAP/ALL_1052 No I am semi-disabled but my wife does walk in the surrounding countryside. It MUST be preserved for the very
many villagers who use it.
Mrs M R Jefferies TCAAP/ALL_1056 Yes Playing fields on The Moor with grandchildren.
Whites Lane, Water Lane, Fowlers Paddock, Conghurst Lane, Stream Lane - walks.
Ms Sheila Brown TCAAP/ALL_1064 No Not very mobile.
Mr and Mrs N McChesney TCAAP/ALL_1070 Yes Yes - Little Switzerland; Fowler's Park (accessed by footpath from Rye Road to White's Lane). We walk
extensively around footpaths in Hawkhurst village (including The Moor).

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mrs Jill Mackay TCAAP/ALL_1100 Yes Fowlers conservation area.
Mr Richard Briden TCAAP/ALL_1113 Yes As a member of the Village Society I often walk on a Thursday and use the paths around Hawkhurst. I cross
the Moor and play at the golf club.
Miss E M Masters TCAAP/ALL_1217 Yes Limited as I am in wheelchair
Mr and Mrs K C Lagden TCAAP/ALL_1237 Yes We walk in Bedgebury forest, on the Lawns by Marlborough school and it Little Switzerland for leisure
purposes.
J O'Keefe TCAAP/ALL_2995 Yes Just to walk through,
But some of those areas we do have are little but a junk yard for the yobs to dump litter, they are never
cleared. Who wants to go for a walk through that? And do we need any more. No
Mr John Cook TCAAP/ALL_3010 Yes I walk using many local footpaths visiting a number of woodland areas around the district, while they still
exist. I do not visit parks as they tend to be playing fields and play areas for children. There are currently NO
public parks as such. If there were they would be vandalised most probably.
Mr Marcus Weekes TCAAP/ALLe_1 Yes While it's still there i do, yes.
I also take note of the 'beautiful' country side surrounding the area, and the amount of damage that is being
done to it as i write.
Mr John Fleming TCAAP/ALLe_2 Yes
Strange planning applications accepted in the past & present.
Childrens playground adjacent to the Moor and any woodland areas open to the public
Miss Thomasina Stanford TCAAP/ALLe_3 Yes I do visit the local woodland reserve with my son and dog and walk through the fields behind between the
Rye road and Whites lane, which is where I believe they plan to put housing estates. Every afternoon I go out
walking and love the countryside around here.
Mr Jonathan Martin TCAAP/ALLe_6 Yes As a family we regularly walk in and around the village - we live in a very beautiful location.
Mr Marcus Baldwin TCAAP/ALLe_7 No I live on the outskirts of the village and have access to public footpaths that give me the access I need to
open countryside.
Mr Michael Garlick TCAAP/ALLe_10 Yes Ockley Road allotments, Whites Lane and adjoining fields and woodland
Mr Roderick Wheat TCAAP/ALLe_22 Yes I enjoy much of the country around Hawkhurst on a very regular - almost daily - basis. This nis not a park, just
Kentish countryside at its best, and the section along Whites Lane is amongst the finest
Mrs Wendy Gibbs TCAAP/ALLe_23 Yes I walk through the area known as little Switzerland , Whites lane ,the public right of way near Tongs wood
across the fields to Whites lane and The public right of way through to marlborough house grounds
Mrs Penelope Ennis TCAAP/ALLe_24 Yes The play area at the moor is in desperate need of re-vamping
Lol Ennis
Mr & Mrs John & Karen
Mumbray
Parish Councillor Mike
Appelbe
TCAAP/ALLe_25 Yes Children use the park on the Moor. As a family we use many of the public footpaths in and around Hawkhurst
eg the footpath across site 64, as well as many others that cross the surrounding farmland. We also visit the
nature reserve at Collingwood and woods adjacent to Fowlers Park
TCAAP/ALLe_26 Yes The only local park is The Moor, good just to enjoy the space and for major village events such as
fetes . There are also playing fields at The Moor and off Heartenoak Lane, which are ideal for my
grandchild. Otherwise there are many lanes, footpaths and (mostly) private woodland all of which I
and my family use whenever we can for walking and exercise.

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mrs Zia Armitage TCAAP/ALLe_28 Yes Stream Lane nature reserve, The Moor playing field, Little Switzerland, The Lawns, new cemetery.
Mr Adair Robson TCAAP/ALLe_29 Yes All footpaths and the Moor Green and nature reserve
Mr Benjamin Clarkson TCAAP/ALLe_31 Yes We use Whites Lane and footpaths, and many other walks around the village.
Ms Jane Mitchell TCAAP/ALLe_33 Yes USE ALL LOCAL WALKS AND PARK FOOTPATH AREAS ETC.
Mr M Baker TCAAP/ALLe_34 Yes WALKING IN ALL GREEN AREAS IN AND AROUND THE VILLAGE
Mrs Beverly Gill TCAAP/ALLe_36 Yes The Moor playground with my grandchildren, and the Kent Nature Reserve in Stream Lane, sometimes on my
own for me time, and sometimes with my daughter's dog
Mrs C Baker TCAAP/ALLe_37 Yes I use local footpaths in and around Hawkhurst for dog walking and in particular from Rye Road to Whites
Lane across 'site 64'
Mr Alec Travers TCAAP/ALLe_38 No I live at Four Throws. We have no park nor effective woodland nearby. We walk on the surrounding green
spaces.
Mr Grant Duncan TCAAP/ALLe_39 Yes We frequently use the designated walking paths on either side of Whites Lane to the South and North
Ms Heather Rae TCAAP/ALLe_40 Yes I walk in the countryside/woodland all around Hawkhurst, with particular use of Whites Lane for access.
Occasional use of The Moor play facilities for visiting children. We used to use the facilities at Heartenoak.
Mr Christopher Lerpiniere TCAAP/ALLe_41 Yes Mostly country walks using the public rights of way.
Mr Richard Budd TCAAP/ALLe_42 No
I also go to Bewl water and Bedgebury Pinetum, as do many others - a more local, comparable facility would
be well used.
Mrs Nicola Wetherell TCAAP/ALLe_44 Yes We walk/run through the fields surounding whites lane and that run behind highgate hill. We also use the park
on the More.
Mrs Anna Duke TCAAP/ALLe_45 Yes Fowlers Park
Mr Robert Sims TCAAP/ALLe_46 Yes Loss of an AONB (Site 64): Whites Lane is currently a very quiet lane, used infrequently by vehicles, making
it a safe and peaceful place for walkers, cyclists, horse riders, dog walkers etc. The open fields are beautiful
and tranquil, used for hay, grazing and crops, and they include two ancient areas of woodland. Once an area
like this is gone, it is gone forever and for TWBC to be proposing to turn this into an urban eyesore
demonstrates a total lack of social responsibility for future generations.
Mr Jeremy Towner TCAAP/ALLe_47 Yes Woodland adjacent to Fowlers Park and footpaths between Highgate and The Moor for dog walking.
Mr Shaun Ashdown TCAAP/ALLe_48 Yes The Moor and all footpaths that surround the village plus Fowlers Wood. I used to use Heartenoak Playing
field a lot, but then they build houses on it :(
Mrs Freda Cross TCAAP/ALLe_49 Yes fowlers wood to walk. heartenoak playing field for walking and recreation. ancient woodland whites lane
walking. kgv and the moor for recreation and numerous public footpaths
Mr Robert Ayley TCAAP/ALLe_50 Yes St Ronans woodland and adjacent orchard. Both are private but we are permited as residence of Foxhole
Lane.
Mr David Masters TCAAP/ALLe_51
Mr Andrew Waltham TCAAP/ALLe_52 No

Consultee Name
and/or
Organisation
Comment ID
Yes/No Comment
Mr David Kavanagh-Spall TCAAP/ALLe_54 Yes The Moor recreation ground, woodland and countryside walks to the nort east of Sydney Terrace, countryside
foot paths between slip mill and the high street, the woodland to the back of fowlers park, east of the primary
school and countryside walks across the area TWBC call site 64.
From Hawkhurst there are many well used countryside and woodland walks.
Mrs Sara Mason TCAAP/ALLe_57 Yes Bewl Water, Bedgebury, woodland adjacent to the Bodiam Road, woodlands stretching from Merriments lane
Mr N J Kennison-Cook TCAAP/ALLe_58 Yes The Moor recreation ground for football practice (we travel by car due to the dangers using the path with a 6
year old).
The scout hut for Beavers (again by car).
Walking around little Switzerland (sites 1004, 217, 31) walking the dog.
Past the Methodist church on Highgate Hill to access the footpath which leads to field and across to Talbot
Lane for dog walking.
Mrs Julia Clark TCAAP/ALLe_59 No I visit the park in Hawkhurst Moor, but again feel more is needed like this in the main village.
Mr David Budd TCAAP/ALLe_60 No I farm
Mrs Sharon Bates TCAAP/ALLe_61 Yes I use the park at the Moor regularly. It has a popular, well-equipped playground that is visited by people from
other villages. Because it is spacious, the children run between pieces of equipment, ensuring a good
'workout' when playing there. They also love climbing the trees and playing in the bushes surrounding the
playground. I know that they are safe even when they are out of sight. As the playing fields are adjacent to
the park, the children are able to make use of the facilities there as well - it takes them a long time to get
bored!
Mr Ashley Ward TCAAP/ALLe_62 No
I also walk daily in the woodland surrounding the village. I often walk my dog through the woods from Talbot
Road to Marlborough House School and round the fields there. I also frequent the Nature Reserve on Stream
Lane and walk from Highgate Hill to Rye Road (near Fowler's Park) through the woods and fields. From there
I walk over to Whites Lane and make a circuit home. On other days I walk down Hensil Lane and over the
fields to Delmonden Lane or to the Cottage Hospital and over to Slip Mill Lane. My children accompany me
on the shorter walks and love playing in the woods.
Miss Natalie Nixon TCAAP/ALLe_63 Yes I use the Hastings country park and walk around the areas near where I live, as I love nature and animals.
Local park areas and woodlands provide open spaces and parkland for people to cylce through, walk around
etc. These should not be used for any buildings.
Miss Henrietta Budd TCAAP/ALLe_64 No We have no park.