Church Marshes is a historic landfill site that is now being turned into Kent's newest country park.As well as the recreational potential, the site also houses a unique habitat abundant with species such as the Great-Crested Newt and Slow Worms. It has a mixture of scrubland, wetland ditches and reed beds.

The Park is being renovated in a joint project between Rural Arisings, Groundwork Medway-Swale and Swale Borough Council; recycling green waste from local councils and inert waste from local building sites. The Park is due for completion in 2010 but the first part of the park will be completed an open to the public in Spring 2007.

In order to protect and preserve, the finished site will contain new areas of wetland designed to mimic the optimum habitat of the Great-Crested Newt. The final design will also include access paths but the aim is to return the Marsh to its original scrubland and reed bed state for the enjoyment of local people for years to come!