| Official Name: | Park Wood |
| Local Name: | Parkwood |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | South East England |
| Static Image Name: | Parkwood Green Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1728299.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Parkwood shopping centre |
| Coordinates: | 51.3465°N 0.5985°W |
| Postcode Area: | ME |
| Postcode District: | ME7, ME8 |
| Dial Code: | 01634 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TQ811638 |
Park Wood or Parkwood is a housing estate and district in Gillingham at the south-eastern corner of the Medway conurbation in Kent, England. It was built mainly during the 1960s and 1970s, largely by Ward Homes, and originally called Rainham Park.[1]
Parkwood is bordered by Wigmore to the west, Rainham to the north, and the M2 motorway to the south. It is within the Rainham South council ward.[2]
St. Paul's Church sits in the centre of Parkwood, standing near to the adjacent shopping centre. The church was consecrated in October 1998.[3]
Parkwood is home to Parkwood Primary School, situated on Deanwood Drive, which provides education for children aged 4-11. The school was burned down from a fire in February 1979. [4]
Foxburrow Wood also sits on Deanwood Drive. A 6.1-hectare (15-acre) protected Local Nature Reserve which is owned and managed by Medway Council. What remains of Foxburrow Wood is remnant of a much larger historic wood, which once covered the entirety of what is now Parkwood, and has flora which are indicators of ancient woodland such as herb paris and bluebells.[5]