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Lord Sackville's Private 26-Acre Garden at Knole Opens for One Day Only in October
The private garden at Knole, normally closed to visitors and still tended by Lord Sackville's own gardeners, opens to the public on Friday 16 October - its last open day of the year, with sprawling lawns, a walled garden, a wilderness area and a medieval orchard to explore.
Maidstone Trials Old Clothes as Pothole Filler at Mote Park and Penenden Heath
Maidstone Borough Council and sustainable materials firm RECOOL have repaired five potholes at Mote Park and Penenden Heath using a low-carbon material made from recycled textile waste, as a trial on council-owned land.
Lighting Scheme for Tonbridge's Riverside Route to Start This November
A £100,000 lighting scheme for the 380-metre Riverside Route between Town Lock and the Vale Road and Cannon Lane retail parks in Tonbridge is due to start in November, after delays appointing a contractor, and should be finished by Christmas.
Eynsford: The Sevenoaks Village Where You Can Still Drive Through a Real Ford
Eynsford in the Darent Valley has a working ford through the middle of the village, a free Norman castle ruin, and a Roman villa a mile down the road - a small, walkable cluster of things to see that punches well above its size, though at an average of around £589,000 a house, living there doesn't come cheap.
Maidstone Cabinet Agrees Formal Objection to Hermitage Quarry's Ancient Woodland Case
Maidstone Borough Council's Cabinet has formally agreed a detailed response to Kent County Council's Mineral Sites Plan consultation, arguing the evidence for quarrying into Oaken Wood's ancient woodland falls short of what national planning policy requires.
Bradbourne Lakes to Close for Biggest Restoration in Nearly 300 Years
Bradbourne Lakes Park in Sevenoaks will close to the public from 28 September as a £1.6 million National Lottery-funded restoration begins, with the historic lakes not expected to reopen until summer 2027.
Cherry Avenue playground in Swanley reopens after £100k revamp
A renovated play area in Cherry Avenue, Swanley, reopened last week after a £100,000 upgrade backed by National Lottery funding, replacing worn-out equipment with new, more accessible apparatus.
Sissinghurst: The Garden a Woman Built After Being Cheated Out of Knole
Sissinghurst is barely a village at all - a handful of lanes near Cranbrook clustered around one of England's most famous gardens, created by a writer who was denied her own family's estate at Knole for the crime of being born a woman.
Knole's Deer Rut Is About to Start - Here's What You Need to Know
Knole Park's rutting season runs late September to early November, when its 350-strong fallow deer herd gets noisier and more unpredictable - here's what's actually happening, how to watch it safely, and a guided evening walk if you want an expert alongside you.