Just 30 minutes from Chislehurst is….The Discover Children’s Story Centre It is that time of year when it is wet and cold outside and the kids need to be entertained. A walk in the countryside would be just too miserable and you’ve exhausted the soft play...
Just 30 minutes from Chislehurst is…Chilled in a Field Festival Before the advent of my wonderful children, I ventured to many music events and festivals but post children, it has to be said, this has rather fallen away stroke altogether disappeared. Those...
Just 30 minutes from Chislehurst is…the Kemnal Estate If like me, you are looking for somewhere to take the kids to see the Bluebells, don’t be sucked in by the commercial attractions selling the Bluebell experience. This one is right on our doorstep, just...
Just 30 minutes from Chislehurst is…Haysden Country Park All in, traffic being good, this one will probably take you about 40 minutes to get to, just west of Tonbridge. Haysden Coutry Park is a pleasant morning or afternoon out with the kids that takes in the...
Hawkwood is a hidden gem in our handsome town of Chislehurst, at the very edge of the Commons behind Coopers School and down Botany Bay Lane. The estate is managed by the National Trust and takes in 230 acres of grazed pastures and small blocks of woodland. It borders...
Meadows. I have always loved the word meadows. One of the Oxford Dictionary’s definitions is ‘a piece of low ground near a river’. That doesn’t quite do justice to Footscray Meadows but it is accurate. However it really is so much more. I have often driven past...
