Hambrook Marshes - An Introduction

Set in the floodplain of the Great Stour just outside Canterbury, Hambrook Marshes is a site of Special Conservation Interest and borders a Local Nature Reserve.




Hambrook Marshes is maintained by the Kent Enterprise Trust, a registered charity along with volunteers of varying horticultural experience and knowledge, from professional through to the very inexperienced. The general public and various groups such as Kent Refugee Action Network & Kent Council for Addiction play a key part in the sites management.



Hambrook Marshes has a friends group called the ‘Friends of Hambrook Marshes’; a community run group that runs alongside the project and support events that happen on site. There is also a Facebook fan page just search Hambrook Marshes. More volunteers are always welcome to join in events such as Willow Planting or Bench Making. Events are typically held on the first and third Saturday of the month Volunteers need to contact us on 01227 844 500, e-mail c.martin@enterprisingopps.org.uk or visit http://www.enterprisetrust.org/ for an application form