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There are many events and activities taking place across the AONB providing all sorts of opportunities to get out into the Downs.
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Storytime by Lantern Light |
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Location: Shorne Woods Country Park, Brewers Road, Gravesend DA12 3HX
Event Category: Childrens' Event
Description: Come along to the park at dusk and make your own lantern which will light your way to magical woodland stories. All children get to take home their lantern. Suitable for 5 - 12 years old and children under 8 must be accompanied by adult. Booking required. £5 per child.
Website: www.kent.gov.uk/kentcountryparks |
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Explore Emmetts Garden |
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Location: Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks TN14 6AY
Event Category: Family Event
Description: Free entry for all for Heritage Open Day.
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk |
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Explore Chartwell |
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Location: Chartwell, Mapleton Road, Westerham TN16 1PS
Event Category: Family Event
Description: Free entry for all on this Heritage Open Day.
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk |
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Heritage Open Weekend |
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Location: Quebec House, Quebec Square, Westerham TN16 1TD
Event Category: Family Event
Description: Join the re-enactors and discover the two sides of James Wolfe's life this weekend. The Mannered Mob invites you to a 1730s boy's breaching whilst New France Old England demonstrates a soldier's life on campaign. Free Entry.
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk |
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Chilston Ponds |
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Location: Chilston Ponds
Event Category: Family Event
Description: Work with the Trust for Thanet Archaeology - the focus of the day will be to expose a cross-section of the ditch and bank feature that runs through the site. We will also examine the Ice House and hope to find it intact enough to be able to repair it back to its former glory.
Website: www.heathscc.co.uk |
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Exploring Strange Lands |
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Location: Holmesdale Technology College, Snodland ME6 5HS
Event Category: Talks
Description: The Medway Megaliths, consisting of at least six stone-built Neolithic tombs, have long been a mysterious, much-debated but little understood feature of the Medway Valley landscape. This talk by Paul Garwood, Birmingham University lecturer in Prehistory, will describe what we know about these enigmatic structures, including the results of new fieldwork, and what they tell us about the strange and unfamiliar cultural worlds of early farming communities six thousand years ago. Booking required.
Website: www.valleyofvisions.org.uk |
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Firesong |
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Location: Trosley Country Park, Waterlow Road, Vigo, Kent DA13 0SG
Event Category: Musical Event
Description: Come along and join in this outdoor woodland event for an evening of folk music with the Sally Ironmonger Band. Please bring your own picnic and drinks or purchase light snacks from the kiosk during the interval. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Booking required. Adults £10 and children £5. Family (2+2) is £25 and family (2+1) is £17.50.
Website: www.kent.gov.uk/kentcountryparks |
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Geocaching Weekend |
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Location: Shorne Woods Country Park, Brewers Road, Gravesend DA12 3HX
Event Category: Family Event
Description: Come along and have a taster session of geocaching. Grup soze of 6 people maximum and children must be accompanied by an adult. Booking required. Cost is £1 per person plus a deposit of £30 is required for each GPS handset which will be returned when they are handed back. 11am - 12.45 pm or 1pm - 3.45 pm.
Website: www.kent.gov.uk/kentcountryparks |
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Archaeology Guided Walk |
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Location: Shorne Woods Country Park, Brewers Road, Gravesend DA12 3HX
Event Category: Guided Walks
Description: Guided walk around various archaeological sites of the park, following the marked heritage trail. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Booking required. £1 per person.
Website: www.kent.gov.uk/kentcountryparks |
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