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Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in LEGO® Bricks
8th March-31st August 2025
Venue: The Historic Dockyard
Website: https://thedockyard.co.uk/events/brickwrecks
Beyond the LEGO® models, Brickwrecks offers interactive elements and multimedia exhibits that delve into the science of maritime archaeology, shipwreck exploration, and their environmental impact. Try...
Capstone Farm Alpaca Experiences
6th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Capstone Farm Alpacas
Website: www.capstonefarmalpacas.com
Meet and Greets are only £6 per person and include getting up close during feeding time. This takes up to an hour and is suitable for all ages. Alpaca Trekking is £25 each and includes walking a resident...
Crazy Fun at Hastings Adventure Golf
6th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Hastings Adventure Golf
Website: www.hastingsadventuregolf.com
Home to the World Crazy Golf Championships, Hastings Adventure Golf boasts three imaginatively designed 18-hole courses - Pirate, Adventure and Crazy. They have delicious fish and chips, homemade gelato,...
Family Fun at Canterbury Cathedral
6th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Canterbury Cathedral
Website: www.canterbury-cathedral.org/summer
Enjoy free family fun at Canterbury Cathedral - all included with your admission ticket! New for summer, delve into the lives of the Cathedral’s medieval monks with their 'Eat. Sleep. Pray. Repeat.'...
Foal Farm Mini Market
6th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Foal Farm
Website: www.foalfarm.org.uk
Last Sunday of every month 1.30-4.30pm, entrance by donation. There are a wide variety of stalls including toys, bric-a-brac, plants, gifts, tea room, pet shop, emporium and charity shop.
One-to-one Learn to Ride
6th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Cyclopark
Website: www.cyclopark.com
These sessions take place in the sports zone, away from other areas of the park to give riders privacy to work with the in house coaches to get you riding in no time! Designed to give people of all ages...
Jousting Events 2025
12th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Hever Castle
Website: www.hevercastle.co.uk
This summer the Knights of Royal England will be entertaining visitors with exhilarating displays of action, stunts, falls and fights in an authentic arena complete with a Royal Box. Battling it out in...
Summer Fun at Broadditch Farm
19th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Broadditch Farm Shop
Website: www.broadditch.co.uk
Get back to nature with an exciting scavenger hunt, complete fun challenges and activities along the trail then step into a world of prehistoric fun with the dinosaur-themed maze experience! Take a picnic...
Summer of Play at Emmetts Garden
19th July-7th September 2025
Venue: Emmetts Garden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/emmetts-garden
Try out musical activities, specially installed for this year’s Summer of Play. Invent a meadow game with toy cupboard inspiration or explore the Wild Play Area to find the climbing frame, play net,...
Summer of Play at Quebec House
19th July-7th September 2025
Venue: Quebec House
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/quebec-house
Traditional lawn games in the garden as self-led activities. Drop-in, soft-cup archery sessions led by Quebec House volunteers on Wednesdays in August. Play activities are free but normal admission applies,...
Kent and East Sussex Railway - Early Bird Summer Explorer service
23rd July-30th August 2025
Venue: Kent and East Sussex Railway
Website: www.kesr.org.uk
Early Bird Summer Explorer service, departing Tenterden Town Station at 8.45am most Wednesdays and Saturdays from 23 July until 30 August. Book and save at www.kesr.org.uk
Kent and East Sussex Railway - Summer Season Ticket
23rd July-31st August 2025
Venue: Kent and East Sussex Railway
Website: www.kesr.org.uk
Unlimited travel for adults and seniors living within the TN postcode. Regular services only. Proof of address required. Book and save at www.kesr.org.uk.
The Seas of Time
23rd July-1st September 2025
Venue: Hever Castle
Website: www.hevercastle.co.uk
Join a nautical adventure solving challenges for ‘The Seas of Time’. Your adventure through time will take place on Winter Garden Lawn, next to the Have-a-Go Archery where you can try your hand at...
Chaos At The Carnival!
24th July-30th August 2025
Venue: St George's Arts Centre
Website: www.woodville.co.uk
St George's Arts Centre is pleased to be collaborating with The Panic Room Gravesend to bring you a free, fun packed, immersive experience this Summer. Guaranteed fun and excitement for all the family....
Falconry Displays
24th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Hever Castle
Website: www.hevercastle.co.uk
On selected days in July and August be entertained by the falconry displays from Willow’s Bird of Prey Centre. After the displays you’ll have a chance to see these wonderful birds of prey up close...
Millbrook Mad Hatter Crazy Golf
26th July-31st August 2025
Venue: Millbrook Gravesend
Website: www.millbrookgc.co.uk
Millbrook Mad Hatter's Crazy Golf is back this Summer for the whole family to enjoy. The 9-hole course is filled with fun features and obstacles everyone can play. Whatever your age or ability, you’re...
Summer Make It! Crafts 2025
29th July-29th August 2025
Venue: Maidstone Museum
Website: https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk
Maidstone Museum has five weeks of Make it craft activities each linked to one of three themes - Titanic, Greek and Local History. Tickets available soon. (£3.50 per child per activity – booking recommended)...
SEND Family Crafts; Summer '25
1st-29th August 2025
Venue: Maidstone Museum
Website: https://museum.maidstone.gov.uk
Maidstone Museum have created some SEND friendly craft activities for families with children with SEND and their siblings. These sessions will have fewer spaces than usual and aim to be quieter with more...
Anne Boleyn The Musical
6th-30th August 2025
Venue: Hever Castle
Website: www.historalia.co.uk
Experience the magic of Historalia in an extraordinary outdoor theatre production set against the breathtaking backdrop of Hever Castle. This immersive stage experience transports audiences into the world...
Mulberry Harbour Engineering Challenge
22nd-29th August 2025
Venue: Royal Engineers Museum
Website: www.re-museum.co.uk
Using materials like straws, tape, and small containers, you’ll design and build your very own mini harbour like the temporary portable harbours used during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Once built,...
Sculpture Trail
23rd August-5th October 2025
Venue: Leeds Castle
Website: www.leeds-castle.com
Embark on an exciting hunt for remarkable sculptures crafted by talented local artists. As you explore the breath-taking landscape of Leeds Castle, you’ll discover a variety of awe-inspiring artworks...
Shrek the Musical
26th-30th August 2025
Venue: Hazlitt Theatre
Website: www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/hazlitt-theatre
Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you...
Caspian’s Storm
29th August 2025
Venue: Fort Gardens, Gravesend
Website: www.woodville.co.uk
Packed with puppetry, music, and plenty of laughs, Caspian's Storm is a fast-paced, interactive show for the young and young at heart. With LAStheatre’s trademark quirky humour, toe-tapping music, and...
Kent and East Sussex Railway - Model Railway Exhibition
30th August 2025
Venue: Kent and East Sussex Railway
Website: www.kesr.org.uk
Variety of displays, plus steam train services and 5" gauge railway rides. www.kesr.org.uk
The Wind in the Willows
30th August 2025
Venue: Canterbury Cathedral
Website: www.canterbury-cathedral.org
Pack your picnics and join Ratty, Mole, Badger, and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime culminating in a colourful battle to save Toad Hall from the mischievous...
Outdoor Cinema: Sing-Along ‘Wicked’
6th September 2025
Venue: Emmetts Garden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/emmetts-garden
Sing along to blockbuster musical, ‘Wicked’, presented by Cinestock. Enjoy refreshments from the food and drink stands and listen to a live music artist as the sun sets before you settle in to watch...
Outdoor Theatre: Much Ado about Nothing by The HandleBards
13th September 2025
Venue: Emmetts Garden
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/emmetts-garden
Cycling with their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards bring environmentally sustainable Shakespeare to Emmetts Garden. Expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack...