r/kentuk

Been looking at Sargasso but not too keen on the food options. I’ve heard of the Pearly Cow. Any others?

Hi all, given we are just across the channel from France and many Kent towns are twinned with french towns, I'm conscious some of us here may work, visit, live or holiday there. I've committed to self learning the french language via Duolingo as a bit of a personnal challenge. I'm 182 days in, making progress and doing ok, but I feel like im missing actually real life practice and interaction to sharpen my vocab, pronunciation and understanding that the app doesn't really give me.

I wanted to ask my fellow Kent residents or those in towns twinned with french towns whether or not anyone actually speaks French, has a French speaking friend(s), attends groups, exchanges or know any other fellow learners, tutors or speaking groups in Kent near where you are etc. that I can connect or link up with?

Any and all suggestions welcome.

Thanks all

Hi all. I moved to Kent recently (Deal way) and I have a friend visiting Kent for the first time. She wants to visit a zoo and I wasn’t sure which is best between Port Lympne, Wingham, or Howletts. Is any one better than the others? We were quite spoiled for choice back in Norfolk, so I’m hoping for a good one. Thanks :)

Edit: thanks all, I wasn’t expecting so many responses but I appreciate the help! We’re going to try Howletts.

Good morning,

I am hoping to finally do the Pilgrim's Way next summer. I am looking at my next-to-last/last stage, starting in Lenham. One option has me spending a night in Chilham; another has me continuing on to Canterbury for the remaining 6 miles.

My question: the lodging options in Chilham appear...not great? I would love to hear recommendations for this leg and/or lodging in Chilham.

Specifically minster and surrounding area but anywhere near that will be nice. Thanks!

Preferably women masseuse as I feel funny about men ones

Dartford is so fucking tired. Jesus Christ, help that place. Oh my goodness. How can one town centre have three Greggs and not a single Primark? Are you actually, you've actually lost it. Number one, why on earth does Market Street smell like a mix of BO, piss, and charity shops 24-7? I can't even walk to the station in peace because my nose is just constantly being attacked by these foreign fumes. Number two, why the hell are all these cars and these white vans treating that market centre like the M25 if you don't get a grip of yourselves? Trying to run me over. Trying to run me damn over. This place is already just about 14 square metres. It can barely fit three of us, and you're coming in with your silly little van so you can come and sell fish on the market street. Are you mad? Are you mad? Number three, why on earth does it cost me eight bloody pounds to take an Uber from here to fucking Dartford station? Are you crazy or what? Jesus bloody heck. It's a six-minute drive, and it's eight quid. Oh. Dartford, you need help. You've closed down your fucking Primark for absolutely no reason. My last drop of sanity. Jesus Christ, you've got a JD that has about two workers. They look miserable and a hot mess 24-7. No one leaves that store with a JD bag, ever. Ever. Do they even sell JD bags there? Do they even, or do you just walk out with the box? I need to know now. Rubbish. Rubbish place. Absolutely rubbish. Don't understand. Don't understand it. Stinks of piss, that fucking stupid little alleyway to get to the station near the flipping Orchard Theatre and the old comic book stand, smells of absolute shit and piss boiled in a kettle. Fix it!

I'm located in Gillingham and I found, what I believe to be, a fledgling pied wagtail. I saw a cat attack it and now it has a wing which is a bit stunned. It doesn't appear broken.

I kept it in an empty cupboard overnight and it's doing much better-- last night it couldn't open the wing at all; today, the wing was flapping a bit. I don't think it's ready to go outside yet, since it's can't fly away from predators.

Another of these little birds was already dead when I arrived so I think it was still in the nest? Or do these birds congregrate in family units? I don't know if that affects anything for the bird.

I couldn't get ahold of Kent Wildlife and the nearest veterinary hospital is an hour away by public transit.

Any advice on what to do?

I am newly single and looking to meet people and do things in and around ashford... any ideas?

Hey anyone know if 22° at margate beach will feel particularly cold today?

In Faversham, for about 15 minutes, in the middle of the night. Very, very lightly. But there were spots on the ground. It's a start!!!

Hello all, I’m having a birthday party next summer in Kent, and I’d like to book a band for it. I’m really into alternative electronic music, house, indie (NOT britpop) etc from 80s and 90s and would like to book someone who could play things in that genre. With a smidgeon of humour too would be good - rather than a very serious vibe. I’d like it to be entertaining, fun, danceable.

Does this exist?

Thank you!!

**THESE HAVE ALL GONE**

I've been building a walking game that is slowly filling up with stories connected to the places people actually walk.

Here's one of the few hundred lore fragments currently waiting to be discovered about Westwood Cross Shopping Centre:

"Before the shops, this ground held the Isle of Thanet Joint Isolation Hospital, which opened in 1901 and took its first patients the following year. A hundred and ten beds stood here for the contagious: diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid, polio, measles, meningitis. Smallpox alone was refused, under an agreement struck in 1894 before the hospital was even finished. The buildings came down in the early 2000s, but part of the old entrance gateway is still standing, and cut into the stone are the names of soldiers who were treated here during the wars. People queue past it for the cinema without looking."

The unexpected part for me has been how much I enjoy reading the finished lore and seeing how it connects places I've walked myself, as well as interesting places many miles away that I may never have visited.

When someone walks an area where there is little or no lore, that journey can create an opportunity for the Realm to add something there. The historical material is researched and checked, the location is confirmed, and the resulting lore is committed to the database for future Wayfarers to discover.

That's one of the things I'm trying to achieve with The Hidden Realm: a growing collection of the UK's overlooked stories, attached to the places where they happened, and discovered by people who actually walk there.

The game itself is deliberately designed so the walk comes first. You start walking, put your phone in your pocket and enjoy the journey, the company of friends, the scenery and simply having time to talk and switch off. When you finish, the Realm reveals what you discovered along the way.

And there's much more to the game beyond the lore: over 40 folklore-inspired creatures to encounter, some anchored to real-world places, virtual territory to capture for your Ward, Beacons to place and much more.

It's free to play, with no ads and nothing to buy, and I'm looking for more people to actually get out and explore with it. If you're a Kent walker, I'd love you to give it a try and see what you discover.

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🌿 https://thehiddenrealm.co.uk

As the title says, looking for an afternoon date activity with my wife as we are child free.

Went for a bit of shopping in Maidstone last weekend and stumbled across a huge Korean food market, a very pleasant surprises.

Are there are similarly large outlets for Indian food markets in Kent ?