Summer 2023

directory
A list of useful contacts in
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
Parish Council
The Old Fire Station, Stone Street,
Cranbrook, KENT TN17 3HF
Clerk – Mrs. C. Bezuidenhout
Deputy Clerk - Mrs. L. Ham
Deputy Clerk – Mrs. L. Thirkell
01580 713112 / clerk@CSPC.org.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
Osborn - 07813 695741
Neighbourhood Watch Area
Co-ordinator: 01622 604395
In an emergency i.e. if life is in danger
or a crime is in progress call 999. To
request non urgent police assistance,
to report crime or to make enquiry
call 101. Non urgent correspondence
and crime can be reported via the Live
Chat icon at www.kent.police.uk
ROOMS & HALLS TO HIRE
St George’s Institute, Sissinghurst:
Ursula O’Connor 01580 713938
The Parish 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
Belle Vue School, Cranbrook:
01580 854641
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
Rainbow Pre School, Cranbrook:
01580 715570
Sissinghurst CE Primary: 01580 713895
Woodpeckers Pre School, Cranbrook:
01580 720195
DOCTORS
Old School Surgery, Cranbrook:
01580 712476
Orchard End Surgery, Cranbrook:
01580 713622
The Crane Surgery, Cranbrook
01580 712260
DEFIBRILLATORS
Cramp Club, Cranbrook
Cranbrook Fire Station
Cricket Club, Sissinghurst
Parish Council office
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
St. George’s Institute, Sissinghurst
Tennis Club, Sissinghurst
The George Hotel, Cranbrook
The Milkhouse, Sissinghurst
WHAT’S ON
June
DIRECTORY
6 June – “Wine and Roses”, led by the Head Gardener, Troy Scott Smith, 6pm,
Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, www.historicroses.org
10 June – Guns 2 Roses, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk
16 June – The Cranbrook Comedy Club, 8pm (with food from The Bun
Buddies food truck), The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk
17 June – Music Quiz, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk
23 June – Mark Morriss, 7.30pm, The Vestry Hall, www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk
24 June – Cinema: The Goonies, 2pm; A Man Called Otto, 7.30pm, The
Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk
24 June – Kelly Bourne & Amber Rhiannon, Jazz, 8.30pm–10.30pm, The
George Hotel Cranbrook
25 June – Cranbrook Town Band Sunday Afternoon Concert, 2.30pm–5pm, St
Dunstan’s Church, www.cranbrooktownband.org.uk
July
1 July – Cranbrook Juniors FC Family Fun Day, 11.30am–2.30pm, Rammell
Field, Cranbrook TN17 3AF
1 July – The Gigspanner Big Band (led by Peter Knight, formerly of Steeleye
Span), 7.30pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk &
www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk
12–13 July – Cranbrook Primary School’s Summer Show, www.cranbrookcep.kent.sch.uk
15 July – “For One Night Only”: A celebration of 30 years of the Invicta Youth
Theatre, 7.30pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.yt93.co.uk
16 July – Cinema: Disney’s Strange World, 2pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre,
www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk
22 July – Fairport Convention, 7:30 pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.
queenshalltheatre.co.uk & www.wmwcranbrook.co.uk
29 July – Karaoke, 8.30pm–10.30pm, The George Hotel Cranbrook
30 July – Cranbrook on the Green, Summer Festival, 11am–6pm, on the
Ball Field
August
8 August – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm, Hemsted Park, Benenden
School, TN17 4AA www.hemstedpark.com
12 August – Hawkfest, with the Dualers, Wild Horse and others, 1pm, Moor
Hill, Hawkhurst TN18 4QB
26 August – Proms Spectacular Concert, 6pm, Hole Park Estate, Benenden
Road, Rolvenden TN17 4JA
September
8–9 September – CranFest 2023, various venues around Cranbrook
22 September – The Cranbrook Comedy Club, 8.00pm (with food from The
Lloyds Kitchen food truck), The Queen’s Hall Theatre,
www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk
October
6 October – “Happy Birthday Tony! Who Wants to Live Forever?”: A One-Man-
Show, 7.30pm, The Queen’s Hall Theatre, www.queenshalltheatre.co.uk
13–14 October – Cranbrook Literature Festival, check website for times and
venues, www.cranbrookliteraturefestival.com
26–28 October – CODS Presents… Made in Dagenham, The Queen’s Hall
Theatre, www.cranbrookods.org.uk
Please contact hulland-rumleyk@cranbrook.kent.sch.uk to add your
event to this calendar.
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