r/kentuk

So, looking like I’m going to have to start commuting to London due to job changes, but train ticket prices are absolutely eye watering. Touching £9k from Dover.

Is the only way to suck it up for a season ticket?

With the bank holiday coming up, I wanted to rate some pubs within walking or cycling distance of Tonbridge. Add yours or argue in the comments...

Greyhound at Charcott. Always a good range of beers here. Often busy despite being out in the sticks. Haven't tried the food recently. 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

Dovecote at Capel. In my mind this is a country cousin to the Nelson Arms. Morris dancers visit regularly. There is a garden but it's boxed in by the layout. 🍺🍺🍺🍺

Swan at West Peckham. Community run and has local ales. Nice spot on the village green, especially with cricket in play. 🍺🍺🍺🍺

Bell at Golden Green. Lively and has a good range of events. Beer options are limited. 🍺🍺🍺🍺

Plough at Leigh. Large garden, food is ok. Greyhound better in this area. 🍺🍺🍺

Free breakfast clubs provide a minimum of 30 minutes of free childcare and a healthy breakfast before the school day - they are said to save working parents up to £450 a year

Reform UK is under fire after a key party figure criticised Labour’s free breakfast clubs, saying it is “parents’ job” to start their kids' days right.

Linden Kemkaran, the leader of Reform’s flagship Kent Council Council, wrote on social media: “Sorry, call me old fashioned but I believe it’s the parents’ job to give their child the best possible start to the school day.”

A Labour source said: "You'd think Nigel and co would back something that promotes work and responsibility, but they'd rather attack it than stand up for working families. Breakfast clubs give children the best start to the school day and help parents work more to support their families. Reform are making their position crystal clear - they don't mind if kids go hungry."

Labour also pointed there are 29 breakfast clubs in Kent, with more to come.

Hi there, I’m considering relocating to Broadstairs, specifically the Foreland Heights area. I’ve heard rumours about occasional smells from the nearby agricultural fields. Things like muck spreading or rotting cabbage.

If you live in Broadstairs, could you share your experience with this? How noticeable is it, and how often does it happen? Thanks!

Growing up I never understood why Kent was called the Garden of England when England has places like Devon and the Lake District. As an adult I noticed Kent’s geographical position and realised it’s the front garden where you keep the wheelie bins and an old Vauxhall Cavalier under a mossy tarpaulin.

Good day fine Kent folk. I am after so advice for a family trip to Thanet in a few weeks. I’d like to spend a couple of days showing my children some of the WW2, Crimean fortifications around this part of the county. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Extra kudos if it is underground.

I’d be happy with suggestions that are open to the public or even ones that the public can access if you catch my drift.

Not an oyster person. Was not an oyster person. Stood at the harbour in Whitstable on a cold Saturday afternoon and let someone talk me into trying one and whatever I was expecting it was not that. Something about eating it literally metres from where it came from in that specific grey sea air made it taste like the place itself. Drove home and immediately started looking at when I could come back. What is the Kent food experience that you think every visitor should have before they leave and where specifically do they need to go for it?

Hey guys I just moved to the UK, more specifically Faversham. Wanted to ask where I could buy stuff like phones, laptops for cheap. Are there any second hand shops or bazaars.

Doesn't have to be in Faversham just anywhere close