Wealden Times | WT201 | November 2018 | Gift supplement inside

Art
Thu 8 – Sat 10 Nov
The Vestry Hall, Stone Street,
Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3HA
Cranbrook art
Cranbrook Art Show showcases
23 artists, expressing themselves
in a variety of styles and processes
including painting, printmaking,
ceramics, jewellery and
photography. The show raises the
profile of local artists and crafts
people with a terrific variety of
affordable art.
Entry: free
cranbrookartshow.org.uk
Fri 16 – 18 November
St Peter and St Paul’s Church,
Yalding ME18 6DR
Art exhibition and Sale
in aid of SchoolGambia
This event, sponsored by
Artspring Gallery will raise money
for SchoolGambia, a charity based
in Yalding since 2000, that has
built a school with 13 classes and
supports 550 pupils from age
3-16 and their teachers. On show
and on sale will be paintings,
sculpture, ceramics, glass, textiles
and jewellery of a very high
standard by 35 local artists.
facebook.com/schoolgambia /
schoolgambia.org.uk
Fri 16 – Sun 18 Nov 10am-5pm
Tenterden Town Hall, 24 High
Street, Tenterden TN30 6AN
TENTERDEN ARTISTS
Tenterden Artists’ fourth annual
exhibition with an interesting mix
of 18 very different artists. They
are also giving five talented A
Level students from Homewood
School the opportunity to exhibit
with professional artists.
alisonolorunsola.uk
Christmas
Sat 3 Nov 10am-4pm
Penshurst Village Hall,
Penshurst, Kent TN11 8BP
Penshurst Vintage
Christmas Fair
A must for all lovers of vintage.
Enjoy live music from past
decades brought from Miss
Vintage, stop for a well-deserved
break in a pop-up tea room
by Dolly’s Diner and shop for
vintage homewares, clothes,
jewellery, furniture and gifts.
Entry: £2 with donations to
Hospice in the Weald.
Julia: 07885610912
Cherishvintagefairs@gmail.com
Facebook: Cherish Vintage Fairs
Sat 17 – Sun 18 Nov 10am-4pm
Falcons Room, Rare Breeds
Centre, Woodchurch, Ashford,
Kent TN26 3RJ
CHRISTMAS GIFT MARKET
Ideal gifts and crafts for your
family, home and garden. Wood,
jewellery, lighting, textiles, glass,
books, toys, accessories. Raising
funds for Canterbury Oast Trust.
Info: 01233 732684
Sat 17 Nov – Sun 16 Dec
10am-4.30pm
Frogshole Farm, Sissinghurst
Road, Biddenden, Kent
TN27 8EY
CHRISTMAS SHOP
With Biddenden Christmas
trees and the Three French Hens
brocante.
07957445057 / 07983360885
Fri 23 – Sun 25 Nov
Tenterden High Street,
Tenterden, Kent
Tenterden Christmas
Market
Over 75 Christmas stalls
showcasing local food and drink,
festive and handmade gifts and
guaranteed snow, all located along
Tenterden’s historic high street.
The event kicks off at 3pm on
Friday with the town light parade
from 4.30pm.
Entry: Free
facebook.com/christmasintenterden /
Twitter: @xmasintenterden
Sat 24 – Sun 25 November
10.30am-4.30pm
St. Margaret’s Church, Church
Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent
TN26 1EL
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
& CRAFT FAIR
See 35 beautifully decorated trees
in this beautiful 13th Century
church. Light lunches, delicious
What’s On in November
cakes, mulled wine and mince pies
will be available in the Christmas
Café. Plus there will be a raffle
and lucky dip.
Entry Free
lesleymiles@gmail.com
Sat 24 – Sun 25 Nov
10.30am-3pm
Sissinghurst Castle Garden,
Biddenden Road, Cranbrook
TN17 2AB
Festive Market
Kick start your Christmas
shopping with local food, drink,
crafts and produce, as well as live
entertainment including the East
Grinstead concert band who will
be playing on Sunday.
nationaltrust.org.uk
Nov & Dec
Bedgebury Pinetum, Bedgebury
Road, Goudhurst, Kent
TN17 2SJ
Christmas at
Bedgebury
For the very first time, a one
mile sparkling path winds its way
through the National Pinetum in
a magical after dark experience.
Greeted by the sights and
sounds of Christmas, experience
Bedgebury in a whole new light
as you wander beneath unique
canopies drenched in seasonal
colour. Inspired by the landscape
itself, it is a festive adventure in a
world of trees.
forestryengland.uk/bedgebury
Festivals & Fairs
Thu 15 – Sat 17 Nov
The Hop Farm, Maidstone
Road, Paddock Wood,
Tonbridge, Kent TN12 6PY
The Wealden Times
Midwinter Fair
Add a little magic to this year’s
Christmas shop with our eight
heated and linked marquees
filled with over 250 handpicked
exhibitors, stocking all the
essentials for the festive season
from decorations to gifts. To fuel
your shopping we will have the
Street Food Café with its vintage
vans, the Café Bakery, serving
tea and cake and the Café Bar
will have bubbles and hot drinks.
Invite your friends and family and
make a day of it!
wealdentimes.co.uk/events
Sat 17 Nov 10am-4.30 pm
Clair Hall, Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath RH16 3DN
Sussex Mineral and
Fossil Show
Expect stunning displays of
minerals and fossils and an
ultraviolet minerals room.
Excellent activities for children
include gold panning for real
gold, searching for crystals and
fossils, and talks including ‘Sussex
Dinosaurs’.
Entry: Adults £2.50, Children: 50p
01403 274647 / smls.online
Food & Drink
Sat 17 Nov 10am-6pm
Rochester Cathedral, Garth
House, Rochester, Kent
ME1 1SX
The Wine Garden of
England Festival
Sip, sample and share up to 30 of
some of England’s finest wines,
all while taking in the hallowed
halls of Rochester Cathedral. This
event will honour both Kent’s top
wine producers, and one of the
county’s very first producers – a
monk who championed viticulture
at the cathedral more than 1,000
years ago.
01634 843366 /
rochestercathedral.org
History
Fri 5 Oct – Sun 2 Dec
The Historic Dockyard,
Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ
UNTOLD STORIES: A
CELEBRATION OF BLACK
PEOPLE IN KENT
Telling the story of African and
Caribbean people in Kent in
the 19th and 20th Century, this
exhibition will explore incredible,
but relatively unknown,
contributions to politics, armed
forces, sports, religion, society and
the arts made by black people.
thedockyard.co.uk
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