With its boarded-up homes and problems with fly-tipping, it was never the most likely entrant for Britain in Bloom.
Yet a run-down Chatham street has entered for the prestigious award which is more often the preserve of leafy villages.
Residents around Magpie Hall Road, the centre of a “dispersal zone” last year thanks to anti-social behaviour, fancy their chances.
The All Saints Community Project is entering the It’s Your Neighbourhood scheme, where the most points are awarded for community spirit.
Magpie Hall Road