COLONIAL PENNSYLVANIA PLANTATION

Address :  Ridley Creek State Park

                     Edgmont Township, PA  19063

                     (610) 566-1725

Website Link:  http://www.colonialplantation.org

E-Mail:  ccp@netscape.com

Directions :  The Plantation is located in Ridley Creek State Park, Edgmont Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

From the “Blue Route” (Route 476): Exit at Route 3 (West Chester Pike). Follow Route 3 toward West Chester. Drive approximately 7 ½ miles. Go ½ mile beyond Providence Road and look on the left for the entrance to Ridley Creek State Park. Enter the Park and go about 1 ½ miles. The Plantation parking lot is on the right. 

From Route 202 South: Exit at Route 3 (West Chester Pike). Head east on Route 3 toward Newtown Square/Broomall. Drive approximately 5 miles. Go about 1 mile beyond Delchester Road. Signs for Ridley Creek State Park are on the right. Enter the Park and go about 1 ½ miles. The Plantation parking lot is on the right. 

From Paoli: Take Route 252 south. Follow the signs toward Newtown Square/Media. Go to the intersection of Route 252 and Route 3 (West Chester Pike). Turn right onto Route 3. Drive toward West Chester approximately 3 miles. Go ½ mile beyond Providence Road. Signs for Ridley Creek State Park are on the left. Enter the Park and go about 1 ½ miles. The Plantation parking lot is on the right.

Specific Instructions: This only applies to the Colonial Plantation when participating in the Revolutionary War event.  Reenactors may enter through the gate and proceed down the dirt road to set-up and take down camp.  As this is a working plantation with free-roaming livestock, please insure the gate is properly secured.  Please use the parking lot for your vehicles during event hours.  The general public must only use the parking lot.