Tonbridge Castle has announced its bumper summer of entertainment, featuring food, music, theatre and community events. The historic venue in the heart of Tonbridge will see the return of regular crowd-pleasers and new shows, further boosting the town’s reputation as…

Join us at Biddenden this Easter Holidays as you explore our Vineyards to find Peter and friends on the Biddenden Bunny Hunt. Remember this as a kid? Well now is the chance to bring your children as the hugely popular…

The Diggerland theme park in Kent provided the perfect backdrop for a unique and exciting canine training event when The Dog Squad visited on Monday 31st March 2025, for an exclusive sniffer dog training session with The National Nosework Association.…

Diggerland, the world's premier construction-themed adventure park, proudly marks its 25th anniversary this month, celebrating a quarter-century of delivering unique, exhilarating experiences to families across the UK and beyond.​  A Vision Realised In 1996, during a family open day at…

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £245,063 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support essential conservation and restoration of the Commissioner’s House at The Historic Dockyard Chatham. This funding is a vital…

On 30 March 1984, the main gate of Chatham Dockyard was padlocked, ending 400 years of shipbuilding and Royal Navy presence in Chatham. Forty years later, Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust has commemorated this anniversary with Dockyard40, an ambitious programme that…

The Kent & East Sussex Railway has made it to the regional finals of the 2025 Muddy Stilettos Awards in the Best Family Experiences category. The much-loved heritage railway, based in Tenterden, is one of five finalists in what is…

On Saturday 15th February, the Powell-Cotton Museum welcomed special guests and the public back through our doors to celebrate the start of its 2025 season. And what an amazing opening weekend it was! The opening event was the culmination of…

Chris Jackson has been appointed as the next Curator of the award-winning Colonel Stephens Railway Museum (CSRM) at the Kent & East Sussex Railway. He takes over from Brian Janes, who stepped down last year after holding the post since…

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is delighted to announce it has been awarded £350,000 in grants from the Garfield Weston Foundation and the Wolfson Foundation, designated for the preservation of Commissioner’s House, the oldest intact naval residence in the country. This…

The Kent & East Sussex Railway is springing into action a whole month earlier than usual this year with a Spring programme full of fun activities and special events for visitors of all ages. Steam loco 'Hastings' arriving at Tenterden…

Our latest exhibition in the James Forbes Gallery has now opened, an installation by award-winning artist Mark Humphrey. Last seen on display in 2016, Lost Soldiers is a powerful statement about the human loss of life caused by war, comprising…