insideKENT Magazine Issue 52 - July 2016 | Page 86

VISITKENT

SUMMER HOLIDAY FUN AND GAMES AT

Kent Life

Kent Life Heritage Farm Park, near Maidstone, has unveiled a packed programme
of summer holiday activities and events, including a visit by children’s favourite
The Gruffalo and the attraction’s first-ever Ice Cream Festival.
Six weeks of fun on the farm kick off on 23rd
July with a fortnight of themed Nature Explorers.
Check out the award-winning attraction’s nature
trails, take part in animal activities and visit Kent
Life’s farmyard friends. Come along on 31st July
and see The Gruffalo, hear his story and meet
the owls and mice he encounters on his way.
Young and old alike can discover their
creative side between 8th-21st August with the
Creative Crafters, when there will be plenty of
crafty activities including a visit to the Paint-aPot Studio.
From 22nd August to 4th September, it’s
summer holiday camp time featuring traditional
games and races. Enjoy some seaside fun at the
sandpit and build a sand castle, or sit back and
watch the Punch and Judy Show. Then on 29th
August, Kent Life hosts its first Ice Cream Festival,
with ice cream vendors, chocolatiers and sweet
stalls galore!
Why not head over to Brundle’s Big Top
and catch a show, including Claws & Jaws, Flip
the Clown, Kent Life Entertainers, Kent Owl
Academy and Nick Spellman AnimalMan. You

can also now jump aboard the brand new land
train for a tour of the gorgeous grounds or
alternatively take a tractor ride.
Admission to Kent Life costs adults £9.50;
children £7.50 (aged 3-15); concessions £8.50;
family ticket (two adults and two children) £29.95.
Members and under-threes FREE. Opening times:
10am to 6pm, last admission at 5pm.
Kent Life is the county’s premier rural
heritage experience, set in 28 acres of countryside.
Visitors can wander through period dressed
historic buildings in the charming Vintage Village;

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explore the beautiful gardens, orchard and one
of the last hand-picked hop gardens in the
country; ramble along the wildlife discovery trail
and see the last working coal-fired oast house
in Britain.

Kent Life
Lock Lane
Sandling, Maidstone
ME14 3AU
www.kentlife.org.uk