Three very different outdoor spaces connected by steps. The main terrace, with views over the Thames River, and the western terrace with fish pond,..... more >

Thames House, Gravesend DA12 2BD

Sat 10 Aug 24

Motors by the Moat at Leeds Castle

Back by demand, the immensely popular classic cars show, Motors by the Moat returns to Leeds Castle this summer... more >

Leeds Castle, Broomfield, Maidstone, UK ME17 1PL

Sat 10 Aug 24

Summer of Love Ibiza-style silent disco with International DJ Marcel M

We welcome our first ever Summer of Love Ibiza-style-festival silent disco, with International DJ Marcel Mendez... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Sat 10 Aug 24

Discover Clubs and Organisations in Kent

The Simon and Garfunkel Story

Following SOLD – OUT performances in London’s West End, a Worldwide tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Fri 9 Aug 24

Foraging with Wild Food UK - Kent

Uncover the incredible variety of edible treasures hiding in the great outdoors. From wild mushrooms to flavourful flora, our courses teach you to..... more >

Badgells Wood Campsite, Whitehorse Road, Meopham DA13 0UF

Fri 9 Aug 24

Beastie Day

Meet giant insects – Bug hunt – Outdoor craft – Bring a picnic – Enjoy a day at Brogdale Farm Come and join us for a day of mini-beastie fun!... more >

Brogdale Collections, Faversham ME13 8XZ

Fri 9 Aug 24

A guided walk around Old Hythe

A guided walk around Old Hythe, taking in the Town Hall, historic High Street, Royal Military Canal, St Leonard's Church, Ossuary and lots more >

Town Hall, High Street,Hythe CT21 5AJ

Thu 8 Aug 24

Top Secret – The Magic of Science

Top Secret – The Magic of Science brings you jaw-dropping experiments in a colourful show full of enigma!... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Thu 8 Aug 24

Wild Classroom's Outdoor Cooking

Harvest seasonal fruit and then join an amazing hands-on workshop where you can make a seasonal dish over an open fire... more >

Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Road, Faversham ME13 8XZ

Wed 7 Aug 24

Swinging at the Cotton Club

Take a step back into 1920s and ’30s New York City and through the doors of Harlem’s hottest night club … The Cotton Club ‘Swinging at The Cotton... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Sun 4 Aug 24

Penns in the Rocks - Open Garden for NGS

Large garden with spectacular outcrop of rocks, 140 million yrs old. Lake, C18 temple and woods. Daffodils, bluebells, azaleas, magnolia and tulips... more >

Penns in the Rocks, Tunbridge Wells TN3 9PA

Sun 4 Aug 24

Knowle Hill Farm - Open Garden for NGS

2 acre garden created over nearly 40 years on south facing slope below the Greensand Ridge. Spectacular views... more >

Knowle Hill Farm, Maidstone ME17 1ES

Sat 3 Aug 24

Grove Manor - Open Garden for NGS

Grove Manor, a Victorian farmhouse is surrounded by natural gardens reflecting its past. Close to the house are lawns, herbaceous beds and a shady..... more >

Grove Manor, Sandwich CT13 0NH

Sat 3 Aug 24

Mozart – The Magic Flute

SUSTAINABLE, WORLD-CLASS MUSIC AND OPERA FOR EVERYONE ‘A joy beyond all expectation – sassily delivered and outstandingly well-sung... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Sat 3 Aug 24

Eureka - Open Garden for NGS

Approx 1 acre garden with a blaze of colourful displays in perennial borders and the eight cartwheel centre beds... more >

Eureka, Westerham Hill TN16 2HR

Sat 3 Aug 24

Never Let Me Go

The lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking. more >

Sunnyside Community Hall, Rusthall Road, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8RA

Sat 3 Aug 24

1 Fox Cottages - Open Garden for NGS

Organic cottage garden with relaxed planting style used in borders, multiple fruit trees and apple arches with beautiful Spring blossom, a meadow in... more >

1 Fox Cottages, Faversham ME13 9PG

Sat 3 Aug 24

Free Gardening Workshops: Keston

Dobbies, the UKs leading garden centre retailer, is celebrating National Allotment Week (12-18 August) by inviting gardening enthusiasts across the... more >

Oakley Road, Keston Mark, Bromley BR2 8HD

Sat 3 Aug 24

Dobbies Teddy Bears' Picnic Ashford

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, is inviting families to roll out the picnic blanket and gather around this summer as it unveils its... more >

Eureka Leisure Park, Rutherford Rd, Ashford TN25 4BN

Sat 3 Aug 24

Dobbies Teddy Bears' Picnic Gillingham

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre, is inviting families to roll out the picnic blanket and gather around this summer as it unveils its... more >

Courteney Road, Gillingham ME8 0FB

Sat 3 Aug 24

We Are More Alike

Award-winning puppetry and visual theatre company, Smoking Apples have partnered with Folkestone Harbour Arm to explore the changing face of... more >

Harbour Approach Road, Folkestone CT20 1QH

Sat 3 Aug 24

Free Gardening Workshops: Ashford

Dobbies, the UKs leading garden centre retailer, is celebrating National Allotment Week (12-18 August) by inviting gardening enthusiasts across the... more >

Eureka Leisure Park, Rutherford Rd, Ashford TN25 4BN

Sat 3 Aug 24

Free Gardening Workshops: Gillingham

Dobbies, the UKs leading garden centre retailer, is celebrating National Allotment Week (12-18 August) by inviting gardening enthusiasts across the... more >

Courteney Road, Gillingham ME8 0FB

Sat 3 Aug 24

The Taylor Swift Show

The ultimate Taylor Swift tribute, as seen on the BBC and ITV. This fun energetic show will get you ‘Shaking it off’ to the music of the pop..... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Fri 2 Aug 24

Wicked Little Letters (15) - Screen @ The Avenue

When people in Littlehampton - including conservative local Edith - begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose... more >

Avenue Theatre Central House Central Avenue Sittingbourne ME10 4DN

Fri 2 Aug 24

Kids Go Free This Summer at Kent & Eat Sussex Railway

Great deal this July and August at Kent & East Sussex Railway! -up to 3 children go free with each fare paying adult or senior ticket!... more >

Kent & East Sussex Railway, Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden TN30 6HE

Thu 1 Aug 24

The Doodle Train

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to watch Mr Doodle doodle a railway carriage on the 26th July! Knowle, our wonderful Terrier locomotive, will be..... more >

Kent & East Sussex Railway, Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden TN30 6HE

Thu 1 Aug 24

Ramblers Wellbeing Walks at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest

Forestry England have teamed up with the Ramblers to provide Wellbeing Walks at Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest – the perfect way to get out to... more >

Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest, Lady Oak Lane, Goudhurst, Kent TN17 2SJ

Wed 31 Jul 24

County Square Olympic Torch Competition

Join us here at County Square for our Olympic Torch Competition! ? Find all six Olympic Torches in our stores for the chance to WIN a £50 gift..... more >

108 Elwick Rd, Ashford TN23 1YB

Mon 29 Jul 24

Sweetbriar - Open Garden for NGS

Exotic jungle garden of Steve Edney and Louise Dowle, RHS gold medal winners. Average sized back garden transformed into an exotic jungle paradise..... more >

Sweetbriar, nr Sandwich CT3 2AX

Sun 28 Jul 24

Sevenoaks Model Railway Show

A fun day out for all the family and model railway enthusiasts alike. More than 17 fantastic scenic model railway layouts plus trade stands offering ..... more >

Sevenoaks Primary School, Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks TN13 3LB

Sun 28 Jul 24

The Orangery - Open Garden for NGS

1½ acre gardens around C18 orangery, now a house (not open). Magnificent extensive herbaceous border and impressive ancient wisteria... more >

The Orangery, Canterbury CT4 7DB

Sat 27 Jul 24

Topgallant - Open Garden for NGS

A hillside gardens terraced and developed to cope with the prevailing winds and the slope. Topgallant is a secluded Sculptors' garden, with..... more >

Topgallant, Hythe CT21 5UF

Sat 27 Jul 24

Burt Bacharach The Very Best of Burt Bacharach

Back to Bacharach celebrates the magical music of Burt Bacharach, one of the most accomplished popular composers of the 20th Century, who together... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Sat 27 Jul 24

'Big Top, Big Fun' Summer of Play

Step into the ring this summer with Big Top-themed games and activities at Scotney Castle. Test your stilt-walking skills, try your hand at..... more >

Scotney Castle National Trust, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 8JN

Sat 27 Jul 24

Care UK Sports Day - Weald Heights

On Friday 26th July from 2pm, Care UK’s Weald Heights will be bringing Paris to Sevenoaks as it opens its doors to local people to enjoy their own... more >

Bourchier Close, Sevenoaks TN13 1PD

Fri 26 Jul 24

A Cavalcade of Noel & Cole

Edenbridge based, Another Way Theatre are delighted to be returning to The Festival Theatre this summer performing a charming and sophisticated... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Fri 26 Jul 24

Mid-Kent Astronomical Society

Speaker / Summer Event – T.B.C. For more information visit: www.midkentastro.org.uk more >

Bredhurst Village Hall Hurstwood Road ME7 3JZ

Fri 26 Jul 24

Care UK Sports Day - Kent care homes

Care UK’s Harrier Lodge, Invicta Court, and Montfort Manor, will be bringing Paris to Kent as all four homes open their doors for local people to... more >

Thanet Way, Whitstable CT5 3DE

Fri 26 Jul 24

Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet

Two wealthy families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are at war. Their feud has been long and bitter... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Wed 24 Jul 24

1927 - Please right back

Combining handcrafted animation and bold storytelling, Please right back sweeps audiences into a magical, mischievous world, inspired by a true... more >

Gulbenkian Arts Centre CT2 7NB

Wed 24 Jul 24

Peter Pan

‘Energetic…Bold and Bright … Cheerful and Fun’ The Stage Following the success of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ multi-award nominated Immersion Theatre... more >

Hever Castle TN8 7NG

Tue 23 Jul 24

Down House - Open Garden for NGS

Discover Charles Darwins living laboratory at Down House, the family home where he developed many of his ground-breaking ideas on evolution and... more >

Down House, Downe BR6 7JT

Tue 23 Jul 24

Summer of Play at Knole

There’s family fun in the parkland all summer at Knole with cricket, boules and croquet. Meet mini-beasts and beautiful birds with a parkland..... more >

Knole - National Trust, Sevenoaks, Kent, (Sat Nav TN13 1HX) TN15 0RP

Mon 22 Jul 24

A Summer of Selby Spies

Get messy in the natural play area, peer into the ponds and explore acres of open space and woodland. With nearly 700 years of history to discover,..... more >

Ightham Mote, Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0NT

Mon 22 Jul 24

Dollshouse and Miniature Fair

Dollhouse and Miniature Fair at The Westgate Hall in Canterbury on 21st July 2024. Our fairs specialise in traders supplying a variety of 1/12th..... more >

The Westgate Hall, Pound Lane Car Park, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2BZ

Sun 21 Jul 24

Robin Hood

Join utter legends Robin, Marian and the Merry Men in Sherwood Forest for a hilariously adventurous take on the timeless tales of everyone's... more >

Mount Ephraim Gardens ME13 9TX

Sun 21 Jul 24

Appledore Classic Car Rally

Appledore Classic Car Rally Welcome to the APPLEDORE CLASSIC CAR RALLY . This event is fast becoming the largest in the area and is growing year on..... more >

Appledore Recreation Ground, The Street, Appledore, Ashford , UK TN26 2AE

Sun 21 Jul 24

Ringlemere Ensemble Chamber Concert

A short afternoon concert by popular Kentish chamber group, the Ringlemere Ensemble. The programme will feature a string quartet by Beethoven (opus..... more >

The Assembly Rooms, Preston Street, Faversham ME13 8PG CT11 9TT

Sun 21 Jul 24

Aylesford Farmers Market

Aylesford Farmers Market is held on the 3rd Sunday of the month at Aylesford Priory between the hours of 9.30am -1.30pm... more >

Aylesford Priory, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7BX

Sun 21 Jul 24

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Things to do around Kent

Here are some delightful day out options in Kent, a county in the south-east of England:

1. Marvel at the White Cliffs of Dover:
- The smooth rise of Kent’s iconic coastline looks like a professionally painted canvas of white. While nothing beats seeing it from the water, walking along the edge shows the stunning contrast of white cliff against emerald sea. They’re one of the most iconic landmarks in England. There are plenty of activities to keep you active too, like learning about scientific discoveries at the Victorian lighthouse or exploring the WWII tunnels within that rock façade. Exmoor ponies (who help control grass growth) may randomly pop up to surprise you. Last but not least, make sure to check out Dover Castle and the nearby memorial that marks the first cross-channel aircraft landing.

2. Delve into Dover Castle:
- As part of the Kent day out alongside the knightly cliffs, Dover Castle is one of the most impressive things to do in town. Built to protect the narrow sea crossing with mainland Europe, the fortressed structure sits atop the grounds of what used to be a Roman lighthouse and the adjacent Church of St. Mary. Within the thick walls of the Great Tower are interactive exhibits that educate on medieval times; my favorite part, however, are the secret wartime tunnels. I joined a 50-minute tour that brought us into the narrow, chalk-hewn underground first discovered during the Napoleonic Wars. Through video projections within the passageway itself, we were told the story of the Dunkirk evacuations in 1940 (if you’ve seen the Christopher Nolan movie, you know what a difficult operation it was). Code-named Dynamo, this is the behind-the-scenes stage for that famous incident. Visiting Dover Castle on your day out in Kent is an enlightening and unusual activity I highly recommend – castles are after all one of the best reasons to visit England!

3. Be entertained at Margate Dreamland:
- Margate Dreamland is a vintage amusement park with a retro vibe. Enjoy classic rides, roller coasters, and carnival games. The scenic location by the sea adds to the charm. It's a fun day out for families and anyone seeking a nostalgic experience.

4. Explore Canterbury Cathedral:
- Canterbury Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the oldest Christian structures in England. Marvel at its Gothic architecture, intricate stained glass windows, and historic tombs. Don't miss the chance to explore the beautiful cloisters and the serene gardens surrounding the cathedral.

5. Discover the Historic Dockyard Chatham:
- The Historic Dockyard Chatham offers a fascinating glimpse into Britain's naval history. Explore historic warships, including the HMS Victory and the HMS Ocelot submarine. Learn about shipbuilding, maritime heritage, and the lives of sailors. It's an immersive experience for all ages.

6. Enjoy the scenic beauty of the Kent Downs:
- The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is perfect for outdoor enthusiasts. Go hiking, cycling, or picnicking amidst rolling hills, woodlands, and picturesque villages. The views are breathtaking, especially from the North Downs Way trail.

Remember, Kent's diverse attractions promise an unforgettable day out – from natural wonders to historic sites!