what’son The <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong> guide to events in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst REGULAR EVENTS • Farmers’ Market every fourth Saturday in the month, 9am -12 noon • Tempo Singing every Saturday morning at Cranbrook School Music Centre, 9.30am-11am • Messy Church Children and Parent Group, second Friday each month, 3.30-5.30pm • The Children’s Centre, Cranbrook, offers free sessions for parents and children throughout the week. Call 03000 411035 for a timetable • Compass Community Choir, Wednesday evenings 5.30pm, Vestry Hall, everyone welcome! • Cranbrook Cemetery Chapel open every Wednesday until 3 October • The Planning and Preservation Committee meets in the Council Office on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month • The Policy and Resources Development Committee meets in the <strong>Parish</strong> Council office at 5pm on the Tuesday preceding the Full Council meeting MARCH THURSDAY 5 1pm FREE Cranbrook School Musicians Concert - refreshments on sale from 12.30pm, St Dunstan’s SATURDAY 7 Cranbrook Open Market SATURDAY 7 7pm St. Dunstan’s Annual Quiz, Vestry Hall SUNDAY 22 9.30am Mothering Sunday, distribution of posies, St. Dunstan’s THURSDAY 12 7.30pm Full <strong>Parish</strong> Council Meeting, Council Chamber, everyone welcome SATURDAY 14 Gentlemen’s Breakfast, Hartley Dyke Farm Shop, speaker Nathan Tongh/ Torchlight Charity - tickets: 01580 7I5861 SUNDAY 15 7.30pm CODS Community Centenary Concert, St. Dunstan’s Church SATURDAY 28 2.30pm Sissinghurst <strong>Spring</strong> Summer Show APRIL THURSDAY 2 1pm Free lunchtime concert Keith Fox (Baritone), refreshments on sale from 12.30pm, St Dunstan’s SATURDAY 4 Cranbrook Open Market THURSDAY 9 7.30pm Full <strong>Parish</strong> Council Meeting, Council Chamber, everyone welcome THURSDAY 23 12.30pm Bangers and mash lunch/plant sale, St. Dunstan’s Church Vicarage SATURDAY 25 Cranbrook Choral Society Concert, St. Dunstan’s Church MAY THURSDAY 7 1pm Free Ashford School Musicians Concert, St. Dunstan’s Church, refreshments on sale from 12.30pm FRIDAY 8 VE Day High Street Celebrations SUNDAY 10 3pm VE Day Concert - Cranbrook Town Band, tickets at door £5, afternoon tea during interval, St. Dunstan’s Church THURSDAY 14 7.30pm Full <strong>Parish</strong> Council Meeting, Council Chamber, everyone welcome SATURDAY 16 Sissinghurst Primary School May Fair THURSDAY/SATURDAY 28–29 CODS Arabian Night’s, Queen’s Theatre While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, dates and times may change. If you are organising an event in the parish why not drop us a line and we might be able to include you in the listings too – editorial@parishcake.co.uk directory Cranbrook and Sissinghurst <strong>Parish</strong> Council The Old Fire Station Stone Street, Cranbrook KENT TN17 3HF Clerk – Mrs. L. Ham Deputy Clerk – Mrs. L. Thirkell 01580 713112 / clerk@ cranbrookandsissinghurstpc. co.uk BOROUGH & COUNTY COUNCILS Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 01892 526121 www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk Kent County Council 03000 41 41 41 www.kent.gov.uk USEFUL NUMBERS UTILITIES Electricity: 0800 727282 (24 hrs) Gas: 0800 111 999 Water: South East Water (drinking water) 0800 0283399, Southern Water (waste water) 0800 820999 (24 hrs), Emergency leak 0800 0283399, Floodline 0845 9881188 (24 hrs) CRIME Non-Emergency Police: 101 Crime Stoppers: 0800 555111 KCC Community Warden: Adam Osbourn 07813 695741 PCSO: Lee Jules 07772 226048 Neighbourhood Watch Area Co-ordinator: 01622 604395 ROOMS & HALLS TO HIRE St George’s Institute, Sissinghurst: Ursula O’Connor 01580 713938 The <strong>Parish</strong> Room, Sissinghurst: Sue Crowe 01580 712567 ts.crowe74@gmail.com The Vestry Hall, Council Chamber and Addison VC Room, Cranbrook: 01580 713112 (10am-12pm weekdays). A full list of over 30 venues for hire in the parish is available from the parish office USEFUL CONTACTS CHURCHES Congregational Church, Cranbrook: 01580 388070 St. Dunstan’s, Cranbrook: 01580 715861 St. Theodore’s RC, Cranbrook: 01580 713364 Strict Baptist Church, Cranbrook: 01580 713212 Trinity Church, Sissinghurst: 01580 852275 Vine Church, Cranbrook: 01580 712620 SCHOOLS AND PRE SCHOOLS Colliers Green CE Primary: 01580 211335 Cranbrook CE Primary: 01580 713249 Cranbrook Children’s Centre: 03000 41 10 35 Cranbrook School: 01580 711800 Dulwich Preparatory School: 01580 712179 High Weald Academy: 01580 712754 Rainbow Pre School, Cranbrook: 01580 715570 Sissinghurst CE Primary: 01580 713895 Woodpeckers Pre School, Cranbrook: 01580 720195 DOCTORS Jockey Lane Surgery, Cranbrook: 01580 713032 Old School Surgery, Cranbrook: 01580 712476 Orchard End Surgery, Cranbrook: 01580 713622 DEFIBRILLATORS Cranbrook Medical Centre, Cranbrook Cricket Club, Sissinghurst <strong>Parish</strong> Council office Sissinghurst Castle Garden St. George’s Institute, Sissinghurst Tennis Club, Sissinghurst The George Hotel, Cranbrook The Milkhouse, Sissinghurst 4 <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong> • <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2020</strong>
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