What's On Queenborough

Do your family have relatives on Sheppey? Were the employed on the island in the the navy or dockyard? The museum has a collection of the local newspapers from 1860, parish registers and archives. The Sheppey Local History Society’s genealogist is available.

A young garden and home created in October 2016 by the BBC DIY SOS team. This is our family garden and smallholding which is enjoyed by our four young children daily. Our family garden has planted borders and raised beds.

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.

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.....

Delightful, 1-acre established walled garden surrounding Grade II listed house (not open) and bee house. Charming agapanthus and hydrangea beds. April is ablaze with 3000 tulips and fritillaria. July shows 200+ varieties of agapanthus incl ’Queen Mum’ and ’Black Magic’.

Paraphernalia Revisited (M. Nunn). Organised by Shoeburyness & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Sue Stacey (Secretary).

Come down to Gunners Park and enjoy spring migration. We will walk through the park exploring the habitats and hopefully find some migratory birds. Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler and Garden Warbler can be seen during this time as they make their way north to their summer breeding grounds.

Chantel McGregor + CONNOR SELBY BAND + JOE ANDERTON. Artists performing: Chantel McGregor.: Tickets avaiable.

Columbo super-fan, Jenny Hammerton, will give an entertaining presentation about the food and drink which are so prominently sprinkled throughout the greatest television detective series ever made.

Following the success of our last pop up shop, we are excited to announce that Pretty Luscious Lippy will be back at Nelly McNally on 21st April. All products are vegan and cruelty free. The make up is long lasting and super water, smudge and kiss resistant. Test it out for yourself!

A quirky Family Quiz Night with our quiz master David. Bring your friends and make new ones! Ten rounds include "Guess the white powder". You can play a Rubber instead of a Joker and rub out your worst round!

Each week we feature a Guest Artiste PLUS a Showcase of other great acts in a variety of styles 6th REMEDY Great group playing Rock & Pop classics from the 50s to the 80s.

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.

10 acre garden, landscaped with wide views; trees and cloud clipped yew hedges; woodland garden with azaleas and rhododendrons; Edwardian rock garden recently renovated (not wheelchair accessible); formal garden with mixed borders. New gothic folly.

State of mind and its effects on mental wellbeing and performance is a hot topic. Whether that’s for entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals in business. Or people who just want to do well generally and be happy in life.

Artisan Crafts Vintage & Gift Fair

Two Tree Gallery is in the main alleyway that links Rectory Grove to Broadway West. Located next to Ten Green Bottles, it is a co-operative of 8 local artists. All the artists live and work locally and share all aspects of running the gallery between them.

Please come along and view our cats of all ages and colours. We have many cats needing new safe and forever homes. Home checks apply. We have a stall with products for your cat available to buy. Plus our new goods stall with lots of exciting things to buy. Tea and coffee served.

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.

Hanami Festival – 21st April 2018 During April Brogdale will also celebrate Hanami – the Japanese festival of blossom with a packed Hanami festival day on 21st April and Hanami Picnic experiences available throughout the whole of April.

Hanami is the Japanese festival dedicated to cherry blossom (sakura) and is celebrated across Japan every year. Brogdale is one of the only places in the UK to celebrate Hanami and with the largest collection of fruit trees in the world, we really do have a sight to see!

Eastwood Chorale and Southend Choral Society, with the world famous Southend Boys Choir and professional soloists, are performing the fantastic Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, made famous by the Old Spice advert of the 1970’s. We will also be performing several other beautiful choral pieces.

Hair & Make-up Masterclass Demo shows and one to one advice/tips on Hair & Make-up from Vintage to Modern - Including bubbles and nibbles. *Limited Space Available*

Garden grown out of a love and fascination with plants. Contains very wide collection incl many rarities and newly introduced species raised from wild seed. Special interest in woodland flowers, snowdrops and hellebores with flowering trees and shrubs of spring.

Mum2mum Markets are award winning indoor nearly new sales. At our Southend sale we will have around 40 stalls of high quality, nearly new items (up to 90% off the RRP!) and a small selection of businesses offering goods and services of interest to parents.

An eclectic 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 -. something for everyone, including books and CDs. china, bric-a-brac and jewellery!

Visit this cosmopolitan fair in the Garden of England. Discover goods from across the UK, continent and further afield. Everything from gardenalia, vintage homewares and toys, to clothing, accessories, jewellery and general antiques. Up to 300 exhibitors in two halls, marquees and outside pitches.

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.

A riot of plants growing together as if in the wild, developed over 40 yrs. No neat edges or formal beds, but several hundred interesting (& some very unusual) plants. Trees and shrubs chosen for year-round appeal. Special interest in bulbs and woodland plants. ’Wild about Gardening’ Gold award.

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.

An evening of music from the talented John Charles. John will cover music from a variety of genres and generations. You may want to join in with some of the songs and dance to others. Patriotic bunting and head wear to celebrate St George’s day on the 23rd April will decorate the room.

The Freight House, Rochford (adjacent to Rochford Railway Station) is holding an Indoor Boot Sale on Sunday 22nd April 2018. Come along, grab a bargain and leave the cold outside! Event is open from 10am to 1pm, free entry and free parking. Refreshments available. For sellers, tables must be pre-booked (£10.

2 acre plantsman’s garden situated high on N-Downs, developed over the past 30yrs. Wide range of trees and shrubs (many unusual), herbaceous material and woodland plants grown to give yr-round interest, particularly in spring and for autumn colour.

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.....

Roll up to Englands favourite family circus! Once again John Lawsons Circus is touring near you! Come and be amazed by Artites from all over the world.

Join us this Spring for our annual Havens to Havens Walk. Starting from Little Havens, you will walk through the beautiful grounds of Hadleigh Castle, down to Old Leigh and along Chalkwell’s coastline to Fair Havens Hospice.

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.

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

Experience a night of ghost hunting at Vinters Park with Ghost Hunt Events on 21st April 2018. Participate in Séances, Vigils, EVP Experiments and much more.

Please join us at our Spring Food Festival - the Castle & gardens will be filled with an abundance of local Kentish produce to buy & sample. Plus we have some classic VW Campers & Beetles on display from the Kentish VW Klub for you to enjoy!

TIL DEATH US DO PART St Mary’s bells are ringing for Lady Penelope Pollock’s happy day… but is it? Join 368 Theatre Company and help them solve the latest Morlington Mystery… and maybe win your table a bottle of bubbly into the bargain!

60th Annual General Meeting. Organised by Rayleigh & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Ray How (Secretary).

Victorian 2d Blue (A. Davis). Organised by Rayleigh & District Philatelic Society. Contact for details: Ray How (Secretary).