Leisure & Travel
by Aspect County

What's On

May Listings

1 Heavy Horse & County Show, South of England Showground, Haywards Heath

2 Leeds Castle Joust, Leeds Castle, Maidstone

1 – 2 Foodies Festival, Preston Park, Brighton

5 Wilder Kent Safari: West Blean & Thornden Woods, Canterbury

6 – 5 June Brighton Fringe

7 – 8 See Peppa Pig, Spa Valley Railway, Groombridge

7 – 29 Brighton Festival, Brighton

8 Classic Motorcycle Show, Amberley Museum 

8 Specialist Spring Plant Fair, Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath

11 Wilder Kent Safari: West Blean & Thornden Woods, Canterbury

12 – 15 Spring Craft Fair, Hever Castle

13 Sussex Art Fair, Goodwood

13 – 14 Decorative Living Fair, Eridge Park, Tunbridge Wells

13 – 27 Bee Keeping Course, Brogdale, Faversham

14 Castle Night Trek, Chestnut Tree House charity event, Herstmonceux Castle Estate, Herstmonceux

14 Strictly Dan – Playing the music of Steely Dan, St Mary in the Castle, Hastings

14 – 15 Firle Place Country Show and Horse Trials, Lewes

14 – 21 Hay Fever by Noël Coward, Lewes Little Theatre, Lewes

15 NGS Open Day, Godinton House & Gardens, Ashford

16 Wheat Weaving for Beginners, Belmont House, Faversham

18 – 29 Spring Sounds, Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens, Horsham

19 Swan Lake (ROH), The Picture House, Uckfield

19 – 29 Charleston Festival, West Firle, Lewes

20 – 22 International Composers Festival, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea

21 The world’s largest inflatable obstacle run, Brands Hatch

21 – 22 Surrey Hills Artisan Festival, Dorking

22 Craft and Gift Fair, Field Place, Worthing

22 Marvel and DC-themed comic-con, Quex Park, Birchington

24 Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (PG), The Picture House, Uckfield

24 – 12 June Gaia at Rochester Cathedral, Rochester

25 Spring Sounds, Leonardslee House, Horsham

28 Heathfield Agricultural Show, Little Tottingworth Farm, Heathfield

28 Specialist Clock Tour, Belmont House, Faversham

28 The Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin Stories, tribute performances, Hever Castle, Edenbridge

28 – 29 Medieval Weekend, Lullingstone Castle, Eynsford

28 – 29 Tonbridge Food and Drink Festival, Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge

31 The Three Inch Fools’ Twelfth Night, Hever Castle, Edenbridge

June Listings

2 – 5 Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend

2 Summer Cocktail Evening, Balfour Winery, Staplehurst

2 Jubilee Bank Holiday House Party, Leeds Castle

3 – 19 South East Open Studios

4 Loxwood Village Fête and Fun Dog Show, Loxwood

4 First Night of the Hever Proms, Hever Castle, Edenbridge

4 – 5 Dickens Festival, Rochester

7 – 9 London Wine Fair, Olympia, London

9 – 11 Wealden Times, Midsummer Fair, Hole Park, Rolveden

10 – 12 The South of England Show, Ardingly, West Sussex

Farmer’s Markets

Ashford: 4th Saturday every month, 

10am – 2pm, Elwick Place

Aylesford: 3rd Sunday every month,

9.30am – 1.30pm, Aylesford Priory

Bearsted: 1st Sunday every month, 

9.30am – 1.30pm, The Village Green

Bexhill: Every Friday, 9am – 1pm, 

Devonshire Square

Cranbrook: 4th Saturday every month, 

9.30am – 1pm, Vestry Hall

Crowborough: 4th Saturday every month, 

9am – 12.30pm, Social Club

Hailsham: 2nd Saturday every month, 

9am – 12.30pm, Hailsham Cattle Market

Hastings: Every Thursday and

2nd & 4th Sunday, 9am – 3pm, Wellington Place

Headcorn: 2nd Saturday every month, 

10am – 2pm, New Village Hall

Heathfield: Every Saturday, 9am – 

12.30pm, Co-op car park

Herne Bay: 2nd Sunday every month, 

10am – 2pm, Wimereux Gardens

Hildenborough: Every Tuesday, 9am – 11am, 

St John’s Church Centre

Lenham: 2nd Sunday every month, 9am – 1pm, Lenham Square

Lewes: Every Friday, 9.30am – 12.30pm,

Market Tower

Penshurst: 1st Saturday every month, 

9.30am – 12 noon, Penshurst Place car park

Rochester: 3rd Sunday every month, 

9am – 1pm, Blue Boar Lane car park

Tunbridge Wells: 1st & 3rd weekend 

every month, 10am – 4pm, The Pantiles

Rye: Every Wednesday, 10am – 12 noon, 

Clinque Port Pub

Staplehurst: 3rd Sunday every month, 

10am – 1pm, The Village Centre

Tenterden: Every Friday, 8am – 2pm, 

Market Square

Tonbridge: 2nd Sunday every month, 

9.30am – 1.30pm, Sovereign Way

Uckfield: 1st Saturday every month, 

9am – 1pm, Luxford car park

Wadhurst: 3rd Saturday every month, 

9.30am – 12.30pm, Commemoration Hall

Wallington: 3nd Saturday every month, 

9am – 1pm, Old Town Hall

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