Explore a stunning ornamental town park blending Oriental, Italian and English garden styles with ornamental ponds, specimen trees and historic statues.

Kingsnorth Gardens is a picturesque ornamental town park opened in 1928, offering families a serene escape close to Folkestone town centre. The gardens showcase a distinctive blend of garden styles featuring specimen trees including Acers with unique shrimp-pink spring foliage, ornamental ponds with fountains, water lilies, and diverse wildlife including fish, frogs and newts. Visitors can discover historic stone features including an oriental lantern and intriguing statues of Sir Jeffrey Hudson and Pan scattered throughout the grounds. The gardens' centrepiece is a magnificent weeping ash tree with seating beneath it, providing a peaceful spot for reflection and relaxation. Throughout the seasons, visitors will find seasonal bedding displays, a rockery with low-growing perennials and shrubs, and pergolas offering shaded walks. The site spans different levels with an upper garden, central formal gardens with lawns and ponds, and a lower garden featuring ornamental plantings. Kingsnorth Gardens is ideal for families of all ages seeking a free, outdoor recreational space. The park features four convenient entrances from different roads, and nearby public toilets are available at Radnor Park. The venue is dog-friendly and pushchair-friendly, making it accessible for visitors with young children and pets. The gardens also support a volunteer community group, 'Friends of Kingsnorth Gardens', demonstrating its importance as a gathering place for locals.

Venue Details

What this place offers

Toilets

Public transport nearby

Accessible toilets

Free WiFi

Baby changing facilities

Food available

On-site parking

🐕Dog-friendly

Parking nearby

Pushchair friendly

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Marina Vladimirovna

3 weeks ago

This place is beautiful at any time of the year, and even when there is a strong wind in the city, it is always calm in this park due to the lowering of the landscape

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Sas Astro

3 months ago

A small but well maintained park, lovely roses and a couple of small ponds with fountains

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Daniel David

a year ago

On a recent visit to Folkestone and on my way to Hythe, my route took me through these peaceful gardens. A combination of water features many beds, which no doubt would be an explosion of colour and fragrance if we had visited a few months later, but nevertheless, the early flowering shrubs and helibores were still an attractive sight.

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Ucho Ucho

2 years ago

Beautiful gardens, not far from the railway station. You can actually hear the trains a bit when you're sitting here. Some little robin gave me company when I was relaxing on a bench.

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marlene womack

2 years ago

I had a quiet morning, but with the lovely birdsong in the background, wandering through the gardens and admiring the beautiful blossoms. Kingsnorth Gardens is beautifully laid out in different sections and I am always interested in the wildlife in the ponds and the water lilies. There were some yellow irises today and a solitary duck swimming around in the water. It is nice to relax with a picnic with friends and family. There are no restrooms. One can have a picnic but no barbecues. There isn't a playground but there are benches where one can relax and enjoy the surroundings. The staff work very hard to keep the garden tidy and plant blossoms for each season. The garden flower beds are now being prepared for the Autumn and Winter season. There are still Butterflies enjoying the Roses.

Reviews last updated: 29 September 2026