If you're looking to escape to the country to avoid the election, but don't want to go too far, then this little gem is for you.

Sittingbourne's Milton Creek Country Park is considered as the town’s green heart.

It encourages visitors to learn more about the nature and wildlife of the area.

Along the path, people can stop at the historic wharves and contemplate the history of the area - the creek is the reason Sittingbourne and Milton Regis are here today.

The remains of several barges can be seen in the creek, now an excellent habitat for wildlife but once they would have transported bricks, paper and London’s waste around the area.

Artworks in the reed-bed also remind people of the area's past.

The park has seven entrances in use at the following locations:

• Kemsley Recreation Ground, Grovehurst Road
• Newman Drive (as it turns into Recreation Way
• Walsby Drive (in the housing estate
• Miller Close (in the housing estate
• Green Porch Close (by Holy Trinity Church
• Gas Road (by CPM - formerly Milton Pipes
• Northern Relief Road