My sister is a first year at Kent, and she said she wished she'd gone into Park Wood. Apparently it's really sociable, and you meet the nicest, most down to earth people there.
She lives in Tyler Court B and hates it. Don't get me wrong, I visited yesterday and the facilities are brilliant - the rooms are well equipped and have tonnes of storage space, plus the kitchens are huge. However in her flat alone 5/8 are international students who are apparently really messy, don't take the bins out on their allocated days, and are just generally very cold and unsociable. The place just lacks atmosphere. It isn't quiet in a relaxed, easy going kind of way it's just dull. This does depend on who who live with though - i'm sure if you get some nice housemates it would be fine.