Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust expects to take over the management and maintenance of several community buildings over the coming years, with three completed within the next three years.
Community Facilities
Along with the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, we are working very hard to ensure these community facilities complement each other, as well as those in the wider surroundings of Gravesend and Dartford . At all stages, our aim is to include residents in the development of the facilities at key points, ensure we partner with community groups to develop inclusive, diverse, and accessible programmes to support social, leisure, health, and economic well-being, and build flexible buildings and spaces that can be adapted to the changing needs of the community.
Springhead Park Community Garden and Allotments
The Springhead Park Community Garden and Allotments are on Springhead Parkway. Located alongside the linear park, between Springhead Bridge and Springhead Park Primary School, it is easy to find, and provides a wonderful view over the local area.
The Community Garden consists of 16 raised planter beds, a wildflower orchard and 30 fruit trees. The seating areas ensure this is a relaxing, peaceful space that can be enjoyed by everyone in the community.
Springhead Park also provides 52 allotment plots of various sizes ranging from 30m to 60m. The allotments are surrounded by fencing, green hedges and locked gates. The plots have access to water taps, community compost bins, potting benches, cycle racks and some parking.
If you would like to find out more, or apply for an allotment go to www.egctrust.org.uk/allotments
Ebbsfleet Green Community Garden and Allotments
The Ebbsfleet Green Community Garden and Allotments are tucked away on the Ebbsfleet Green development, at the end of Tickner Drive.
The Community Garden consists of 11 raised planter beds, a wildflower orchard and 25 fruit trees. The seating areas ensure this is a relaxing, peaceful space that can be enjoyed by everyone in the community.
Ebbsfleet Green also provides 30 allotment plots of various sizes ranging from 30m2 to 125m2. The allotments are surrounded by fencing, green hedges and locked gates. The plots have access to water taps, community compost bins, potting benches, and some parking.
If you would like to find out more, or apply for an allotment go to www.egctrust.org.uk/allotments.
Ebbsfleet Green Neighbourhood House
Neighbourhood House will be a single-storey community space adjacent to the play park. With space for a wide range of community-based activities led by residents and local community groups. Located near Ackers Drive, the school site and residential homes.
Neighbourhood House will have the advantage of the existing local transport network. All visitors will be able to enjoy fantastic views of the Linear Park and the rest of Ebbsfleet Green, as well as the community cafe.
Alkerden Community Hub
Alkerden Hub will be a landmark community building in Ebbsfleet Garden City. The new Hub will be at the centre of Whitecliffe near the Major Urban Park, an essential part of Alkerden’s Market Centre, all of which will become Alkerden Village. The hub will lie along Fastrack, the bus-only road running through Whitecliffe, providing good connections with Ebbsfleet International in the East and Bluewater to the West.
It will also benefit from new bike and pedestrian routes, ensuring excellent connections to neighbouring areas. Alkerden Hub will provide a range of statutory public services, as well as opportunities for additional cultural and creative spaces by combining learning, health, wellbeing and culture; the Hub aims to support happy, healthy and fulfilling lifestyles with a commitment to community life in the Garden City and beyond.
It will also enjoy fantastic connections to local neighbourhoods, parks, and public spaces. Alkerden Hub is expected to be opened late 2026.
Ebbsfleet Green Community Hub
The Community Hub at Ebbsfleet Green will have a sports focus, acting as a pavilion to serve the adjacent 3G sports pitch and tennis courts. It will have a changing room provision with an office, an attractive gym space, a kitchen and a community hall. The community hall for Ebbsfleet Green will be available for sports and physical activities, including gymnastics, while also serving as an attractive and flexible community space for local residents’ events and activities.
The Community Hub will be a state-of-theart sports facility and by integrating community spaces and facilities such as these, every member of the community is welcome to access all the spaces. It won’t be just a sports building but a community venue that the most and the least active in the community can access.
Castle Hill Arts and Cultural Hub
Castle Hill Site D is set to become the Castle Hill Arts and Cultural Hub. Within the village of Castle Hill, this hub will differ from other community spaces in Ebbsfleet. Both the Alkerden Hub and Castle Hill Hub will offer spaces that professionals and community patrons alike can share; however, the Castle Hill Hub will be distinct in its focus on the Arts and Culture sector.
Visitors will be able to access a range of activities and opportunities for music recording and production, workshops, studios, rehearsal and performance space, co-working clusters, and meeting spaces, together with a café / exhibition space, all of which is intended to deliver a vibrant community and arts building. It will be close to a car park and a fast-track stop, opposite a park with local shops and other community spaces nearby.