insideKENT Magazine Issue 41 - August 2015 | Page 36

EVENTS

Swan Feeds // 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23 & 29-30 Aug

Myths, Legends, and Fairy
Tales // 1-31 Aug
Groombridge Place & Enchanted
Forest near Tunbridge Wells will
be filled with magic and intrigue
across the summer holidays when
famous fairy tale characters
entertain families visiting the
attraction. Daily theatrical
performances will captivate visitors
and children can have fun as they
take part in a number of interactive
activities alongside famous
characters including Snow White,
Robin Hood and The Little
Mermaid.
10am. Price: £9.95 (children, £8.45).
Groombridge Place, Groombridge Hill, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells
TN3 9QG
www.groombridgeplace.com / 01892 861444

Help the wildlife warden at Leeds Castle feed the various species of wildlife
on the estate. Feeds take place at the Great Water.
3pm. Price: Free with entry ticket.
Leeds Castle, Maidstone ME17 1PL
www.leeds-castle.com / 01622 765400

Grayson Perry: Provincial
Punk
// 1-31 Aug

Operation
Redsand Forts
// 1, 2, 9, 15 & 16 Aug

This summer, Grayson Perry brings
Provincial Punk to Margate. Perry
is one of the most prominent and
incisive commentators on
contemporary society and culture.
His uniquely subversive art
combines autobiographical
reference, from his childhood to
alter-ago Claire, with wry social
commentary on class, taste,
consumerism, war, and art versus
craft. See more than 50 works in
this focussed survey of Perry’s
Grayson Perry, Spirit Jar, 1994, Glazed ceramic
practice, only on show in Margate.
46 x 20cm. Arts Council Collection, Southbank
From provincial to popular, Perry
Centre, London © Grayson Perry
guides us through his chronicles
of modern life, and in post-election Britain, helps us assess culture, identity,
class and the role of artist and craftsperson from then to now.
10am. Price: Free.
Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate CT9 1HG
www.turnercontemporary.org / 01843 233000

You can now travel by X-Pilot
tugboat from Queenborough
(Isle of Sheppey) to the
Redsand Forts in the Thames
Estuary. The tour of the forts,
including the journey out and
back, takes four hours.
10.30am. Price: £60.
Queenborough ME11 5AA
www.operationredsandforts.com / 07872 900149

Sculpture in the Garden // 1-16

Tudor Park Summer
Junior Golf Camp
// 3-7 Aug & 17-21 Aug

Godinton’s annual exhibition of contemporary work by artists of the
South East.
1pm. Price: £9 (children under 16, free).
Godinton House & Gardens, Godinton Lane, Ashford TN23 3BP
www.godintonhouse.co.uk / 01233 643854

Five to 18 year olds have the
chance to learn golf, or improve
their skills, at the Tudor Park junior
summer camps on 3rd-7th
August, and again from 17th21st August. Older, more
experienced, golfers play nine
holes each day with tuition
followed by a competition. Order
of Merit prizes are given. Younger, less experienced golfers have tuition on
the range with a PGA golf professional and then competitions on the golf
course. At the end of each week, a junior champion will be chosen and will
receive complimentary junior golf membership until 29th February 2016.
9am. Price: £60 per week (£15 per morning).
Tudor Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Ashford Road, Bearsted,
Maidstone ME14 4NQ
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/tdmgs-tudor-park-marriott-hotel-andcountry-club / 01622 739412

Summer Holiday
Adventures // 1-31 Aug
Build a den, roll down a hill, go bird
watching or create your own
adventure!
10am. Price: £14.30 (children,
£7.20).
Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst,
Tunbridge Wells TN3 8JN
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scotneycastle / 01892 893820

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