Before the Second World War most of the area around the village of Park Wood was mainly woodland and fields which made up Park Wood farm and nearby Brishing Court Farm among others, on the south east extremity of Maidstone in Kent, England.
Park Wood village was redeveloped originally around a large playing field where Heather House now stands.
The population of the ward of Park Wood in Maidstone is rapidly growing, and now includes two new housing developments.
According to some local residents, Parkwood is also referred to as "West Leeds" to increase property values.
In 2012, Rosemary Gardens won a Kent Design Award in the Major Residential category.