Most of our member attractions host a variety of Special Events during the year, some of which have different opening hours and prices from the standard admissions shown on the attractions pages of this website. To find out what events are planned by Kent attractions during the next 12 months either click on one of the links below for a specific month or scroll down the page for a general overview. La plupart des sites touristiques membres d'ATAK sont les hôtes de divers événements spéciaux au cours de l'année et certains ont des heures d'ouverture et des tarifs différents de ceux indiqués sur la liste des attractions de ce site. Pour trouver les événements prévus dans les sites du Kent dans les 12 mois à venir, cliquez sur l'un des liens ci-dessous pour trouver un mois précis ou déroulez la page pour avoir une vue d'ensemble. Die meisten Sehenswürdigkeiten des Zusammenschlusses veranstalten im Verlauf des Jahres eine ganze Reihe unterschiedlicher Veranstaltungen, einige davon führen zu geänderten Öffnungszeiten oder erhöhten Eintrittspreisen gegenüber dem Standard, die Sie unter "Sehenswürdigkeiten" auf dieser Webseite finden können. Um herauszufinden, welche Veranstaltungen in den nächsten 12 Monaten von den Touristenattraktionen in Kent geplant werden, klicken Sie entweder auf einen der Links für den entsprechenden Monat oder scrollen Sie die Seite hinab, um sich einen generellen Überblick zu verschaffen. De meeste van onze aangesloten attracties oganiseren gedurende het jaar een verscheidenheid aan speciale evenementen, waarvan sommige andere openingstijden en prijzen hebben dan de normale die op onze website te vinden zijn. Om te zien wat voor attracties er in Kent in de eerstkomende 12 maanden op het programma staan, klikt u of op een van onderstaande links voor een bepaalde maand of scrollt u naar beneden voor een algeheel overzicht. If you are an ATAK member attraction and your events do not appear on this list please complete the submission form HERE

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January 2011 Event Date & Time Info Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Kent and East Sussex Railway Post Christmas Running to 3rd January Romney Hythe & Dymchurch RailwayNew Year Running 1st , 2nd , 3rd February 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Tunbridge Wells Museum 'A grave business - funeral costumes and customs in Victorian Tunbridge Wells' illustrated talk 3rd Kent and East Sussex Railway Friends of Thomas 13th and 14th Chiddingstone Castle Walk like an Egyptian 15th Dover Museum Victorian Toys and Games 16th Kent and East Sussex Railway Half term fun week 16th to 19th Smallhythe Place Care for your antiques and treasure 17th Dover Museum 3D Animal or Bird picture making 17th Rochester Cathedral Family Fun Day 20th Kent and East Sussex Railway Friends of Thomas 20th and 21st Tunbridge Wells Museum Tunbridge Wells Rocks exhibition 26th Feb to April March 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Brockhill Country Park Making for Mum 7th Shorne Woods Country Park A Wheelie Good Walk 11th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Mothering Sunday Lunch 14th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Mothers Day & Craft Fair 14th Penshurst Place Armada Presentation 15th to 19th (schools only) Penshurst Place Armada Presentation 20th and 21st (all visitors) Shorne Woods Country Park Welly Walk 18th Dover Museum Roman Face Pot Making 20th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Grand Play Park Opening 20th Kent and East Sussex Railway Branchline Weekend 20th and 21st Shorne Woods Country Park Geocaching Launch 21st Tunbridge Wells Museum The Rocks Art Stroll 23rd Penshurst Place Seasonal Gardening Tasks 23rd Shorne Woods Country Park Natural Play 25th Shorne Woods Country Park Archaeology Guide Walk 27th April 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Penshurst Place Seasonal Floristry Workshop 1st Kent and East Sussex Railway 10 years of reopening to Bodiam 2nd Shorne Woods Country Park Easter Crafts 2nd Walmer Castle Easter Fun 2nd Smallhythe Place Easter Trail 2nd to 5th Leeds Castle Spring into Easter 2nd to 5th Penshurst Place Easter Weekend 2nd to 5th Kent Life Spring Into Easter 2nd to 18th Shorne Woods Country Park Easter Half Term Activity Trail 2nd to 18th Shorne woods Country Park Easter Bunny Hunt 3rd and 4th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Easter Sunday Lunch 4th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Easter Hunt 4th Dover Castle Time Travellers Go...Through the Ages 4th Brookhill Country Park Easter Trail 4th and 5th Lullingstone Country Park Easter Egg Hunt 5th Penshurst Place Spring Holiday Events and Activities 6th to 18th Trosley Country Park Mystery Trail 7th Dover Museum Meet a Victorian Lady and Victorian School Teacher 8th Manor Park Country Park Junior Rangers 8th Shorne Woods Country Park Pond Dipping 8th Kent Life Meet Peppa Pig 10th and 11th Lullingstone Country Park Spring into Crafts 13th Dover Museum Make a Door Hanger 14th Lullingsotne Country Park Mystery Trail 15th Smallhythe Place Barn Theatre Open Day 17th Brogdale Collection Blossom Walk Weekend 17th and 18th Kent and East Sussex Railway Grandparents Weekend 17th and 18th Shorne Woods Country Park Spring Fair and Open Day 18th Leeds Castle Tulip Fever 20th to 27th Tunbridge Well Museum On the Bus Friday Fun 23rd Dickens World St Georges Day Cockney Knees Up 23rd Kent and East Sussex Railway Spring Walks 24th and 25th Dickens World Jongleurs Comedy 30th May 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Smallhythe Place Picture of Dorian Gray 1st May Kent and East Sussex Railway Gala 1st to 3rd Penshurst Place Weald of Kent Craft Show 1st to 3rd Kent Life May Day Celebrations 3rd Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Spring Beer and Food Evening 7th Dover Museum Toys and Games Day 8th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 1940s Weekend 8th & 9th Shorne Woods Country Park Sponsored Dog Walk / Bluebell Walk 9th Kent and East Sussex Railway 40s weekend 15th and 16th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Faversham Classic Car & Motorcycle show 16th Shorne Woods Country Park Natural Play 20th Smallhythe Place Dress in the Limelight 22nd Leeds Castle Home and Garden Weekend 22nd and 23rd Dickens World Circus of Light 29th May to 2nd June Squerryes Jane Austin in Kent Flower Festival 29th to 31st Dover Castle Operation Dynamo: Dunkirk Anniversary Weekend 29th to 31st Squerryes Jane Austin in Kent Exhibition 29th May to 29th June Kent Life Bug & Nature Week 29th May to 6th June Shorne Woods Country Park May Half Term Activities 29th May to 6th June Penshurst Place Wild about the Countryside 29th May to 6th June Shorne Woods Country Park A Walk Through Time 30th Finchcocks Spring Garden Fair and Folk Festival 30th to 31st June 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Finchcocks Midsummer Concert Evenings Sunday evenings in June/July Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Squerryes Jane Austin in Kent Exhibition to 29th June Kent and East Sussex Railway Half term family fun 1st to 4th Leeds Castle Jousting on the Field of the Cloth of Gold 1st to 6th Quex House and Gardens Giant Art Attack 1st to 6th Dover Museum Make a Dream Catcher 2nd Trosely Country Park Minibeast workshop 2nd Penshurst Place Glorious Gardens - lots of garden related events 2nd to 6th Smallhythe Place Arabian Nights 3rd Dover Museum Make a Victorian Inventions Mobile 3rd Lullingstone Country Park Mystery Trail 3rd Manor Park Country Park Junior Rangers 3rd Dickens World Jongleurs Comedy 4th Dickens World Great Expectations Tour 5th Canterbury Tales Medieval Market 5th Smallhythe Place Valuation Day with Bonhams of Sevenoaks 9th Lullingstone Country Park Castel Tours 10th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Evening Heritage Tour with Dr Syn 12th Dickens World Madam Butterfly Opera 12th Kent and East Sussex Railway 20 years of reopening to Northiam 12th and 13th Shorne Woods Country Park Fathers Day Crafts 19th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Fathers Day & Bug Club Weekend 19th and 20th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Fathers Day Tour with Lunch or Tea 20th Kent and East Sussex Railway Fathers Day 20th Kent Life Dads Day 20th Penshurst Place Fathers Day 20th Penshurst Place Primavera Chamber Ensemble concert 20th (pre booking only) Dickens World Dads Go Free 20th Smallhythe Place Midsummer Picnic 23rd Trosley Country Park Alice Through the Looking Glass 25th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Friday Fun, Cars 25th Shorne Woods Country Park Great Expectations / Butterfly Walk 26th Kent and East Sussex Railway Diesel Gala 26th and 27th Downderry Nursery Lavender Weekend 26th and 27th Brogdale Collection Soft Fruit Day 27th Smallhythe Place Wellington 27th Chiddingstone Castle Life in the undergrowth 27th Historic Dockyard Chatham Chatham Armed Forces Day 27th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Fun with Buttons 29th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Art Stroll 29th July 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Finchcocks Midsummer Concert Evenings Sunday evenings in July Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Walmer Castle Mid Summer Music Evenings Every Friday in July except the 9th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Heritage Tour 3rd Smallhythe Place The trial of Harvey Matusow 4th Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Breakfast Safari 5th Smallhythe Place Merry Wives of Windsor 8th Penshurst Place Seasonal Garden Tasks 9th Dickens World The Biggest Blues Brothers Party in the World 9th Smallhythe Place 'Chaos du Coeur' 10th Brogdale Collection Cherry Festival 10th and 11th Kent and East Sussex Railway 70s weekend 10th and 11th Shorne Woods Country Park Guided Archaeology Walk 11th Trosley Country Park Music in the Park 17th Penshurst Place Tosca by Candlelight Opera 18th (pre-booked only) Downderry Nursery Lavender Tours 18th Shorne Woods Country Park Guided Archaeology Walk 18th Quex House and Gardens Merry Wives of Windsor 18th and 19th Shorne Woods Country Park Summer Holiday Trail 18th July to 2nd September Smallhythe Place Much Ado about Nothing 22nd to 25th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Friday Fun, Summer Days 23rd Penshurst Place Porcupine Club Party (season ticket holders only) 24th Historic Dockyard Chatham No.1 Smithery Opens 24th Kent Life Fun in the Sun at Kent Life 24th July to 30th August Kent and East Sussex Railway Thomas and Friends 65th 24th and 25th Shorne Woods Country Park Archaeology in the Park 24th and 25th Downderry Nursery Lavender Tour 25th Penshurst Place Sunday and Thursday Summer Holiday Events 25th July to 28th August Chiddingstone Castle The Stuarts in Secret 26th Historic Dockyard Chatham Pirate Play Days 26th July to 31st August Kent and East Sussex Railway Kids Go Free Offer 26th July to 22nd August Dover Museum Make a jointed historical figure 27th Shorne Woods Country Park Dragonfly Club 27th to 29th Dover Museum Make a hanging picture frame 28th Brookhill Country Park Junior Rangers 28th & 29th Dover Museum Historical Planes 29th Lullingstone Country Park Lullingstone Castle Tour 29th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Summer Beer and Food Evening 30th Lullingstone Country Park Mystery Tour 30th Smallhythe Place 'Ellen Terry: Shakespeare's Leading Lady' 31st August 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Shorne Woods Country Park Summer Holiday Trail Daily to September 2nd Kent Life Fun in the Sun at Kent Life to 30th Penshurst Place Sunday and Thursday Summer Holiday Events to 28th Downderry Nursery Lavender Tour 1st Chiddingstone Castle Wild about the Castle 2nd Smallhythe Place Childrens Day 'Orienteering Around the Garden' 3rd Quex House and Gardens Thanet Coast 3rd to 6th Canterbury Tales Archery School 4th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Summer Fun 4th and 5th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Young Nature Hunters 5th Brookhill Country Park Night Walk 5th Lullingstone Country Park Rainforest workshop 5th Shorne Woods Country Park Mini-Beast safari 5th Dickens World Jongleurs Comedy 6th Smallhythe Place Living in the Light 7th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Fun with Fabrics 7th Great Comp Gardens Annual Garden Show 7th and 8th Penshurst Place MG Car Club Gathering 8th Downderry Nursery Lavender Tour 8th Smallhythe Place Childrens Day 'Family nature trail + craft activity' 10th Lullingstone Country Park We're all going on a Bear Hunt 10th Shorne Woods Country Park Dragonfly Club 10th to 12th Quex House And Gardens Theatre School 10th to 13th Canterbury Tales Knights School 11th Trosley Country Park Childrens Fun Day 11th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Summer Fun 11th &12th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Young Nature Hunters 12th Lullingstone Country Park Junior Rangers 12th Quex House and Gardens 'X' Murder Mystery 13th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Fabric Art 13th Smallhythe Place Edith Cavell - an illustrated talk 14th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery High Weald Walk Newbars Wood 14th Trosley Country Park Mystery Trail 14th Leeds Castle Classic Cars and More! 14th and 15th Brogdale Collection Plum Day 15th Quex House and Gardens 'X' Murder Mystery 15th to 20th Chiddingstone Castle Victorian Games 16th Lullingstone Country Park Mystery Trail 16th Smallhythe Place Childrens Day 'Fun with Dressing Up' 17th Shorne Woods Country Park Mini Dragonfly Club 17th and 18th Quex House and Gardens History of the World 17th to 20th Canterbury Tales Archery School 18th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Summer Fun 18th & 19th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Mini Beast Safari 19th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Young Nature Hunters 19th Trosley Country Park Mystery Walk 19th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Friday Fun, Moving Pictures 20th Smallhythe Place The Knicker Lady 21st Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Bus & Vintage Vehicle Rally 22nd Penshurst Place Merchant of Venice 22nd (pre-booking required) Downderry Nursery Lavender Tour 22nd Quex House and Gardens 'X' Murder Mystery 22nd Smallhythe Place Childrens Day 'Fun with clay' 24th Lullingstone Country Park Childrens Fun Day 24th Shorne Woods Country Park Forest Crafts for Children 24th Quex House and Gardens Thanet Archaeology 24th to 27th Dover Museum Make a historical character stick mask 25th Canterbury Tales Knights School 25th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Summer Fun 25th Dover Museum Toys and Games Day 26th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Mini Beast Safari 26th Dickens World FREE Craft Fayre 29th to 30th Finchcocks Pleasure Gardens Gala 29th and 30th Penshurst Place Civilians at War 29th and 30th Downderry Nursery Lavender Tour 30th Chiddingstone Castle Seriously Samurai 30th September 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Finchcocks Special Weekend Events weekends in September Smallhythe Place Music and Beer Festival 4th Shorne Woods Country Park Storytime by Lantern Light 4th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Faversham Hop Festival 4th and 5th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Spitfire Hop-Pickers Steam Train 5th Smallhythe Place Valuation Day with Bonhams of Sevenoaks 8th Pensurst Place Weald of Kent Craft Show 10th to 12th Smallhythe Place Orchard Day 11th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery High Weald Walk, Hargate Forest 11th Kent and East Sussex Railway Hoppers Weekend 11th and 12th Kent Life Maidstone's original Beer and Hop Festival 11th and 12th Quex Park and Gardens National Heritage Weekend 11th and 12th Chiddingstone Castle Woodland Craft Day 12th Kent and East Sussex Railway Pensioners Treat 14th to 16th Trosley Country Park Firesong 18th Kent and East Sussex Railway Day Out with Thomas 18th and 19th Leeds Castle Jousting with Robin Hood 18th and 19th Historic Dockyard Chatham Salute to the 1940s 18th and 19th Shorne Woods Country Park Geocaching Weekend 18th and 19th Brogdale Collection Nut Day 19th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Art Stroll 21st Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Autumn Beer and Food Evening 24th Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery Friday Fun, Alice in Wonderland 24th Kent and East Sussex Railway Day Out With Thomas 25th and 26th Dover Museum Make replica Anglo-Saxon jewellery 25th Shorne Woods Country Park Archaeology Guided Walk 25th Brogdale Collection Cider Festival 25th and 26th October 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Historic Dockyard Chatham Ghost Walks Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Smallhythe Place Smallhythe Place and other hidden gems 2nd Shorne Woods Country Park Junior Ranger Bird Feeder Challenge 2nd Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Steam & Diesel Gala 2nd & 3rd Shorne Woods Country Park Veteran Tree Walk 6th Leeds Castle Autumn Glory Flower Festival 6th to 10th Smallhythe Place All the worlds a stage 9th Kent Life Apple Weekend 9th and 10th Kent and East Sussex Railway Autumn Walks 16th and 17th Penshurst Place Seasonal Garden Tasks 22nd Shorne Woods Country Park Funghi Walk 23rd Trosley Country Park Funghi Foray 23rd Kent and East Sussex Railway Kids go Free Offer 23rd and 24th Brogdale Collection Apple Festival 23rd and 24th Leeds Castle Halloween 23rd to 29th Kent Life Spooktacular Fun 23rd to 31st Penshurst Place Spooky School Holiday Activities 23rd to 31st Historic Dockyard Chatham Ghost Ships, Mysteries and Disasters 23rd to 31st Shorne Woods Country Park Half Term Activity Trail 23rd to 31st Brookhill Country Park Broom for Spooks 24th Kent and East Sussex Railway Halloween Fun 25th to 29th Quex House and Gardens The Scariest thing ever..... 25th to 29th Chiddingstone Castle Mysterious Mummies 25th Dover Museum Toys and Games Day 26th Brookhill Country Park Make a winter feeding station 26th Dover Museum Make a Halloween Window Decoration 27th Shorne Woods Country Park The Big Draw 27th Trosley Country Park Freaky Friday 29th Kent and East Sussex Railway Fright Night Trains 29th and 30th Shorne Woods Country Park Shorne Scream 29th and 30th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Ghost Tours 30th and 31st Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Hallowe'en Beer and Food Evening 30th Brookhill Country Park Halloween Walk 30th Smallhythe Place Halloween 31st Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Halloween Event 31st Quex House and Gardens Murder at Quex 31st Shorne Woods Country Park Mini Scream 31st November 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Historic Dockyard Chatham Ghost Walks Click i for details Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Smallhythe Place Putting the House to bed 3rd Kent Life Bonfire and Firework Spectacular 6th Quex House and Gardens Wedding Fayre 7th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours Murder Mystery Evening 12th Shorne Woods Country Park Funghi Walk 13th Leeds Castle Festive Fair 20th and 21st Penshurst Place Late Night Christmas Shopping 24th Shepherd Neame Brewery Tours National Curry Week Evening Tour & Ale Samplers' Supper 26th Dover Museum Make a 2011 Calendar 27th Quex House and Gardens Christmas Craft Fayre 27th - 28th Finchcocks Christmas Craft Fair 28th December 2010 Event Date & Time Info Hall Place Various Events this month Click i for details Danson House Various Events this month Click i for details Finchcocks Christmas themed concerts Sunday afternoons Canterbury Ghost Tours Ghost Tours Every Friday and Saturday 8pm Leeds Castle Christmas at the Castle 1st to 24th Penshurst Place Late Night Christmas Shopping 1st, 8th and 15th Hever Castle Christmas at Hever 2nd to 24th Shorne Woods Country Park Tree Dressing 4th Kent and East Sussex Railway Santa Specials 4th & 5th, 11th & 12th, 18th & 19th, 22nd to 24th. Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Santa Specials 4th & 5th, 11th & 12th, 18th & 19th, 21st to 24th. Penshurst Place Father Christmas and Penshurst Place 4th & 5th, 11th & 12th, 18th & 19th. Chiddingstone Castle Victoria and Albert's Christmas 5th Leeds Castle Christmas at the Castle 6th to 24th Shorne Woods Country Park Christmas Holiday Activity Trail 8th Dec to 2nd Jan Smallhythe Place Christmas at Smallhythe Place 11th to 19th Shepherd Neame Brewery Christmas Beer and Food Evenings 17th - 18th Dover Museum Make your own Christmas Decorations 20th Shorne Woods Country Park Boxing Day Walk 26th Leeds Castle Christmas Trail 26th December to 3rd January Kent and East Sussex Railway Post Christmas Blues Kids go Free Offer 29th December to 3rd January