What's On Aylesford

We have things going on for everyone; Over 20+ Stalls & More Still Booking - Beauty Stalls - Gifts - facials and massages - angel cards & healing / Tarrot Readings - Charities - Local ponies, Help for Heroes - Ice Cream Vans - kids stalls - and rides outside. - So much more!!

Aylesford Farmers Market is held on the 3rd Sunday of the month at Aylesford Priory between the hours of 9.30am -1.30pm. There are normally more than 45+ stalls Find us on FACEBOOK - Aylesford Farmers Market Twitter - @AylesfordFmMrkt www.aylesfordfarmersmarket.co.

Heart of Kent Hospice is celebrating Dying Matters week by hosting OUTSIDE THE BOX - a Live Show about death. We have invited performer, celebrant and award winning burial ground owner , Liz Rothschild, to bring her unique one woman show to Kent to inspire local people to talk more openly about death.

Cheeki Monkeys BIG Baby & Children’s Market is coming to a venue near you! Mums & Dads - do you need to declutter or are you looking for gently used baby & childrens items, clothing and more? STALL HOLDERS.....

Maidstone Horticultural Society are hosting a talk by Chris O’Donoghue, "Great Dixter - Christopher Lloyd’s Well Tempered Garden". The talk will be held in the Baptist Church, Knightrider Street at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday 3rd May.

Cheeki Monkeys BIG Baby & Children’s Market is coming to a venue near you! Mums & Dads - do you need to declutter or are you looking for gently used baby & childrens items, clothing and more? STALL HOLDERS.....

We sell an ever changing mixture of new, nearly new and pre-loved items, different each month - ranging from household to gift items, leisure oddments to ornaments, toys and jigsaws, books and CDs. Even we don’t know till the last minute what will be there so why not come and explore for yourself!

Plantsman’s 120ft x 30ft garden created over 4 years with many unusual plants. Raised beds, rockeries and troughs accommodating alpine/rock garden plants. Herbaceous and shrub borders plus a shady woodland area at the end of the garden with Hellebores, Erythroniums, Trilliums, Anemones etc.

Now in its thirteenth successful year, Kent Vision LIVE is the South East’s premier business showcase and the largest event of its kind in the UK: with over 3,000 visitors and 300 exhibitors coming together for the year’s most important business gathering.

Forget the worries of the week and join local singer/teacher Joe Sheperd and his friends young and old for a feel-good evening of words, music and fun. Sure to put a smile on your face!

Visual Storyteller, Robert Lamoon, brings his touring, solo exhibition ‘The Golden Birdies of Beni Mazar’ to The Halpern Gallery, Chatham. This is an eclectic show of new myths and stories told in paint, photography, print and sculpture.

**NOW OPEN FOR SELLER STALL BOOKINGS** What’s on offer? Lots of stalls bursting with top quality LIKE NEW and NEW baby & children’s items from birth to 8 years.

The Rochester Bridge Trust has provided and maintained crossings of the River Medway for more than 600 years - with the first bridge on the site built almost 2,000 years ago - but there is still much that remains unknown about the organisation among the general public, as visitors to the Bridge Works exhibition will

The Rochester Sweeps Festival in Medway runs from the 5th to the 7th of May, on the High Street and on the Castle grounds. "The Chimney Sweeps" will play on Bank Holiday Monday on the 7th of May in the Castle grounds.

150 acre estate mainly park and woodland, spectacular views over own deer park and the Weald. Grade I manor house (not open). Courtyard herb garden, intimate walled gardens, box hedges, herbaceous borders, orchard. Planting is romantic rather than manicured.

On Sunday 29th April, Swanley & North Downs Lions are running a six mile circular walk from Stansted Village through Kent’s most beautiful countryside, followed by a free Ploughman’s Lunch.

Calling all cyclists. The 10th Annual Cloisters Bike Ride in aid of St. Mary’s Church , Stansted , Fabric and Improvement Fund and Heart of Kent Hospice takes place on Monday 7th May and offers a choice of 3 glorious bike rides through the quiet leafy lanes and charming villages of the North Downs of West...

Join us for Kent’s biggest festival for the mind, body & spirit; this 2-day Mind Body Spirit Festival brings together an array of exhibitors covering a wide range of aspects of the spiritual arena, come along to get information & knowledge on ancient wisdom, & practices combined with innovative modern ideas, products,

A relatively new garden created within the last 12yrs. Gravel garden with potted tender perennials, cottage garden and herbaceous borders. Potager with vegetables, fruit and flowers for cutting. Bee friendly borders. Hornbeam avenue underplanted with camassia.

4 acre garden, full of interest. Formal terraces surrounding C17 mansion (not open), with beautiful views of the Kent countryside. Herbaceous and shrub borders, productive kitchen and herb gardens, lawns and rare trees.

Starting and finishing at Harrietsham Village Hall, the walk follows the traditional 6 mile route amongst the bluebells on the North Downs and through some of Kent’s most beautiful countryside. Begin your walk anytime between 8.30 am and 10.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to look after the objects in our care' This month, as part of our conservation in action, we’re focussing on how we care for books.

Find out more about the flora and fauna on the estate, as our Lead Ranger takes you on a guided walk. Booking Essential. Phone: 01732 810378 ext 100. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome. Dogs on leads welcome.

Find out how the conservation team care for the books in our collection. As part of our My Favourite Item month, the conservation team will be on hand to answer questions as they care for some of our books. Booking Not Needed.

A day long workshop with artist Alinah Azadeh looking at how we can work together creatively to celebrate being mums and women in Kent in 2018.

New field, large site, easy access , sits alongside Main A2 London / Kent. Very busy sale, unlimited space and car parking. Sell old or new, no booking required.

8 acres; large lawns, specimen trees, flowering cherries, rhododendrons, azaleas and naturalised daffodils; walled gardens with lawns, shrubs, herbaceous borders, rose garden incl shrub roses, wild flower areas and vegetables. Extensive views to Medway and Thames estuaries.

Cheeki Monkeys BIG Baby & Children’s Market is coming to a venue near you! Mums & Dads - do you need to declutter or are you looking for gently used baby & childrens items, clothing and more? STALL HOLDERS.....

A great event for gardeners, craft devotees, families and children. The Main Arena has a variety of plantsmen and nurseries, building supplies, garden furniture and more. All you need to make your garden look great for the summer.

Screen @ The Avenue ’Film Star’s Don’t Die in Liverpool’ (15) A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady. Stars Stephen Graham, Jamie Bell, Annette Bening 1hr 45mins Biography/Drama/Romance

Screen @ The Avenue ’The Greatest Showman’ (PG) Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum, starring Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman tells the story of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerising spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Alex’s performance instrument is the state of the art YAMAHA Electone STAGEA ELS-02C and is the leading exponent of this particular model in the UK and Europe. This instrument is at the apex of technological innovation and is the most infinitely expressive electronic instrument ever created.

A celebration of one of the most influential female jazz singers of the 20th Century performed by Brigitte Baden-Rennie & The Mosaic Cat Band with special guest Jason Allen.

Lenham Country Market is held on the 2nd Sunday of the month. It’s open to the public between 9am and 1pm and is held in Lenham Square. There a variety of local food, drink and crafts available

Tonbridge Farmers Market is held on the 2nd Sunday of the month in Sovereign Way TN9 1RG between the hours of 9.30am -1.30pm. There are normally more than 70 stalls Find us on FACEBOOK - Tonbridge Farmers Market Twitter - TonbridgefmMrkt www.tonbridgefarmersmarket.co.uk Contact Steve Wood 07876 685853 9.30am -1.

Carl Larsson (1853 - 1919) is Sweden’s best known artist and together he and his wife Karin blended traditional native designs with the then unfashionable Gustavian style and the newly emerging Arts & Crafts influences. This eclectic approach resulted in a distinctive and influential style.

Tonbridge Market and hard standing Bootfair, Every Saturday we have the biggest Fruit & Veg stall in Kent, we also have Pet food, Household, Plant and Flower stall, we have Hot food and Luggage and Fishing tackle stall, a knitting wool stall, a food stall and many more, parking is free come down every Saturday 07:00

Sunday 13 May 2018 10am - 12pm Angel Centre, Angel Lane, Tonbridge TN9 1SF BUY top quality pre-loved baby & kids goods at our award winning pop-up market. *Over 25 stalls with lots of bargains!

Join the storytime fun in Knole’s bookshop where your little ones can enjoy short stories and nursery rhymes. This is a free event suitable for children under 5, running every Monday during the school term. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Booking Not Needed. Aimed at children under 5.

Discover the joys of spring with beautiful views over the Weald on this family walk. This walk will take us along the Greensand Way through Knole’s 1,000-acre deer park to One Tree Hill with its profusion of bluebells. Weather permitting, there will be some great views over the Weald.

Join Knole’s project team for a special tour through the showrooms that are closed this year, so that specialist building and conservation work can take place.

Create a bespoke leather wallet or purse using a variety of colours, decorations and embossing at this workshop with expert Rosanna Gethin.

Find out how a Tudor lady dressed in many layers of costume for a visit to court. See how a Tudor lady dressed in many layers of costume for a visit to court, including replica handling items used by wealthy people in the sixteenth century.

Join the storytime fun in Knole’s bookshop where your little ones can enjoy short stories and nursery rhymes. This is a free event suitable for children under 5, running every Monday during the school term. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Booking Not Needed. Aimed at children under 5.

Join us on an all day birdwatching trip, hoping to see a good variety: from ducks like pintail and garganey, Mediterranean gull, common and Sandwich terns, lots of waders, many species of warblers, wheatears, stonechats and more. Bring appropriate clothing for the weather, stout shoes, binoculars and a packed lunch.

Join us on an all day birdwatching trip, hoping to see a variety of warblers, swallows and martins, wheatears, snipe, and raptors including hobbies at this RSPB reserve with good facilities just across the Thames. Bring appropriate clothing for the weather, stout shoes, binoculars and a packed lunch.

Although less than ¼ acre, the garden gives the impression of being much larger as it is made up of several rooms all intensively planted with a wide range of hardy perennials, bulbs and shrubs, with over 100 geums which comprise the National Collection planted throughout the garden.

Beautiful hillside garden, privately owned by the Rogers family since 1840. Extensive views across the Weald of Kent. Spectacular rhododendrons, azaleas and fine specimen trees. Bluebell and natural woodland walks. Rose garden. Walled garden has extensive new planting, terracing and water feature.

Ten acres of garden with many interesting plants, trees and shrubs, incl rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas and magnolias. A beautiful rose garden, arboretum, an Edwardian sunken rockery, a woodland walk leading to bluebell woods, ponds & a vegetable garden.

Now into its 4th year, the Sevenoaks Food and Drink Festival is firmly established in the community diary as popular family event attracting strong visitors numbers throughout the event.