Events Around Kent

Fun activity days and weeks for children aged 4.5-14 years during the Easter and summer holidays. Offering 80+ activities including archery, motorsports, arts and crafts, sports and more!

We provide outstanding activity day camps for children aged 4-14 during the school holidays, where the children’s welfare and fun are at the heart of all we do! Children will enjoy over 40 sports, games and art activities every week led by engaging staff at amazing locations.

A short walk visiting the rivers and ponds of Scotney. Over the years we have done a lot of work to improve our riparian and pond habitats. Come along and find out what we have done, found and why. Booking Not Needed. Dogs on leads welcome.

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

Get a timed ticket on arrival or pre-book the 12:00 or 14.30 time slot Mon-Fri. On Sat & Sun pre-book the 15.15 or 15.45 slots. Book +24 hours in advance, arrive at least 30 mins early exchanging your e-ticket for a house ticket.

Explore Emmetts Garden to discover Amet the Ant and his amazing colony of ants hidden around the garden. Meet Amet the Ant’s family and discover their favorite trees on this self-led family trail around the gardens.

If you are visiting in the morning please book on one of our Highlight Tours, the only way to see the property until 1:30pm. Our volunteer guides will share the stories behind William and Jane’s red brick house. Guided Highlight Tours are the only way to visit the property in the morning.

Explore the garden and woodland of Chartwell to discover all about Winston Churchills favourite butterflies. Search through the gardens for our butterfly boards, unscrambling the letters to reveal the name of each different type. Why not see how many real butterflies you can spot around Chartwell as you go!

See the exhibition room transformed into a laboratory with weird and wonderful experiments to spark the imagination as the Museum plays host to a series of extraordinary and entertaining demonstrations for all ages.

Pick up our Summer Holiday Activity Pack complete with “Explorer Card”. Each child completing the card will receive a free Firework Spectacular Ticket. There will also be a variety of shows in our Big Top, all included within the admission price. Don’t forget to catch our Animal Antics show too with our livestock team.

Fun activity days and weeks for children aged 4.5-14 years during the Easter and summer holidays. Offering 80+ activities including archery, motorsports, arts and crafts, sports and more!

Join the fairy folk hunt around the gardens. Find all the magical fairy folk posters hidden in the gardens. Includes small free prize at the end. Pick up your trail sheet from the historic house.

Fun activity days and weeks for children aged 4.5-14 years during the Easter and summer holidays. Offering 80+ activities including archery, motorsports, arts and crafts, sports and more!

We have a daily selection of Roman-inspired creative activities to choose from; will you make your own Roman pendant, make your own Roman character or create your own paper mosaic tile inspired by themuseum’s collection? You decide!

An exhibition by photographer Robert Greshoff, offering a thought-provoking perspective on Kent’s homelessness crisis through the words and images of local charity Porchlight’s residents.

Make a paper weaving using strips of collaged materials inspired by our Bizarre and Curious Silks exhibition. Experiment with a range of materials to create your collage, with artist Lydia Brockless, who has developed this workshop specially in line with the exhibition!

This taster workshop is an opportunity to learn about the history and applications of the cyanotype photographic process and create your own print to take away. There is no fixed starting time but the workshop will last a maximum of one hour. No materials are required, just imagination and a sense of fun.

Delve deeper into the stories of Clementine, wife to Winston Churchill. This intimate one hour tour will take you through selected rooms of the house, including Winston’s bedroom, with one of our knowledgeable guides.

Learn all about the species of bats living here at Ightham Mote on this evening walk, and keep a sharp eye out to spot them. Learn all about the species of bats living here at Ightham Mote on this evening walk, and keep a sharp eye out to spot them.

Take part in our tree trail around the garden this summer. Discover some of our rare, unusual and old trees, plus have a go at measuring the height of a tree. This summer holidays, bring the children to Scotney Castle to take part in our tree trail around the garden.

Be one of the first visitors to see our new permanent exhibition. Featuring the fascinating collection of Churchill’s own cherished possessions, collected by him over the course of his lifetime.

Fun activity days and weeks for children aged 4.5-14 years during the summer holidays. Offering 80+ activities including archery, motorsports, arts and crafts, sports and more!

In 2019 we will be celebrating the 90th anniversary of the creation of the Museum and the 80th anniversary of it being bequeathed to The National Trust by Edith Craig.