History Trail
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THE WALK BEGINS AT LOOSE GREEN.
Distance: about one mile. Allow 1-2 hours for a leisurely stroll.
HOW TO GET THERE
BY BUS
Arriva buses 4 and 5 (Maidstone – Hastings), 59 (Maidstone – Grafty Green) and 89 (Maidstone – Coxheath) stop at Loose Green.
BY CAR
Loose is 2½ miles south of Maidstone on the A229. Park on Old Loose Hill or at Loose Green. The green is the open space at the junction of the A229 and Old Loose Hill.
Loose Green. The Post Office and General Store is the sole survivor of a row of three village shops that overlooked the green. Nearby, alongside the A229, is the former King’s Arms pub, now part of a new residential development.
The oak tree replaced Loose’s original ‘Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Oak’, which died soon after it was planted in 1897.
The slip-road shaded by the tree was part of a public transport terminus for trams from 1907 to 1930, trolleybuses (1930 – 1967) and motor buses until the 1990s.
The telephone kiosk is a ‘K6’, a type introduced in 1936.
Telephone kiosk, Loose Green
The stepped mounting block, salvaged from a local orchard, is typical of several erected in this area many years ago for horse riders.
Mounting block, Loose Green
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