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Persimmon Homes - Orchard Meadows, ME9

Orchard Meadows brings a choice of three and four-bedroom new homes to the lovely village setting of Iwade, two miles from Sittingbourne. With such an excellent location, it’s not just families who can look forward to making a new home here.

First-time buyers who want that extra bit of space, down-sizers who want to be near the sea, and professionals who want to be in the city in under an hour and a half by train, will all really appreciate calling this home.

There’s easy access to Kent’s two key motorways, the M2 and the M20, while you can also enjoy the quieter life of the Isle of Sheppey and its nature reserves nearby. With all the facilities of Sittingbourne on the doorstep, along with three new schools and a new local centre, Orchard Meadows has a great deal going for it and is set to be a highly popular new community.

Leisure

Iwade is just the right distance off the beaten track of the M2, to enjoy the local countryside that meets the waterways of the River Medway and The Swale. It has its own home-grown nature park, adding to the Halstow Creek Nature Reserve, the Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, the Elmley National Nature Reserve and the Milton Creek Country Park. For a change of scenery, you can head into the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The A249 from Iwade to Maidstone crosses the northwestern tip of this beautiful area, that stretches all the way to Folkstone and Dover on the south coast.

Shopping

The range of local shops includes a Post Office, a village hall, a health centre and a garage. There are nursery schools and a primary school, with three additional schools and a community centre with sports facilities being provided with the development. Sittingbourne tops up the local amenities with a choice of secondary schools, the Swallows Leisure Centre, the Forum Shopping Centre, supermarkets, the Sittingbourne Retail Park and the Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital.

Transport

A new home in Iwade puts you a stone’s throw from Sittingbourne, a 12-minute walk from the train station at Kemsley and a 26-minute drive from Maidstone. The M2 and the A2 take you to Dartford and the M25 in about three-quarters of an hour. It’s great to have these commuter routes on hand, and you can also use the local A249 to get to Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey and the A299 along the coast to Whitstable and Herne Bay.