Venues in Kent; hire a Jazz Band
Birchington
An attractive residential town, loved by children for holidays as it has sandy bays for swimming and pools at low tide for shrimping and prawning. There are chalk cliffs. A museum in Quex Park, south, is devoted to big game in African and Indian settings.
jazz bands at Ashford International Hotel, Ashford, Kent
jazz bands at Best Western Donnington Manor Hotel, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent
Minster
Once an important market town, but now secluded and peaceful, set among fruit farms. It has one of the finest parish churches in Kent, including Norman work with Roman tiles and 15th-century choir stalls. There are the remains of an nth-century abbey-founded by monks from Canterbury.
jazz bands at Bexleyheath Marriott Hotel, Bexleyheath, Kent
jazz bands at Boys Hall, Ashford, Kent
jazz bands at Britannia Grand Burstin Hotel, Folkestone, Kent
Newington
Cherry growing is becoming more and more uneconomic, but there are still areas west of Canterbury where the cherry blossom is thick in the orchards; Newington, a village with a fine 15th-century church tower, is a good centre for a spring blossom tour.
jazz bands at Broke Hill, Halstead, Kent
jazz bands at Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, Kent
jazz bands at Bromley Manor Hotel, Bromley, Kent
jazz bands at Bull's Head Hotel, Chislehurst, Kent
jazz bands at Café Bistro, New Romney, Kent
jazz bands at Chapel Down, Tenterden, Kent
Broadstairs
A popular residential and holiday resort, with several miles of sand in small bays beneath chalk cliffs, and an old town, with buildings round the jetty, that recalls Dickensian days. Bleak House, named after the novel, is where Dickens lived while he was writing David Copper-field. The town holds a Dickens Festival in mid-June. From the North Foreland lighthouse, i north, there is a good view of ships entering or leaving the Thames Estuary.
jazz bands at Chart Hills Golf Club, Middenden, Kent
jazz bands at Chaucer Hotel, Canterbury, Kent
jazz bands at Combe Bank, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent
jazz bands at Council Chamber, Bromley, Kent
jazz bands at Crofton Halls, Orpington, Kent
jazz bands at Eastwell Park Boat House, Ashford, Kent
Eastchurch
A lonely spot on the Isle of Sheppey where Lord Brabazon and the Hon. C. S. Rolls made many flights in the pioneer days of aviation. Leysdown-on-Sea, 2 miles east, is a resort with caravans and a holiday camp.
jazz bands at Etchinghill Golf Club, Folkestone, Kent
jazz bands at Ferrari's Restaurant, Bromley, London, Kent
jazz bands at Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent
jazz bands at Folkestone Racecourse, Westhanger, nr Hythe (nr Folkestone/Ashford), Kent
jazz bands at Holiday Inn Garden Court & Kemptons, nr Charing, Kent
jazz bands at Jarvis Great Danes Hotel, Maidstone, Kent
jazz bands at Larkfield Priory Hotel, Larkfield, Maidstone, Kent
Herne Bay
An increasingly popular residential area, especially for retired people. It has excellent sea-angling and sailing, a long pier, and a good 5-mile walk along the cliffs to Reculver Towers.
jazz bands at Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent
jazz bands at Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
jazz bands at Little Silver Country Hotel, Tenterden, Kent
jazz bands at London Beech Hotel & Golf Club, Tenterden, Kent
jazz bands at London Golf Club, Ash, Nr Brands Hatch, Kent
jazz bands at Lympne Castle, nr Hythe, Kent
jazz bands at Mercure Hythe Imperial Hotel & Spa, Hythe, Kent
Lower Halstow
An isolated village on a creek of tl Medway Estuary, set among cherry orchards. In certain lights, morning and evening the view of the marshes, with Thames barges sailing alongside the dike wall, something to remember.
jazz bands at Oakley House, Bromley, Kent
jazz bands at Penshurst Place, Penshurst, Kent
jazz bands at Port Lympne with Wild Animal Park & Gardens, nr Hythe, Kent
jazz bands at Priestfield, Gillingham, Kent
jazz bands at Ramada Hotel Dover, Whitfield, Dover, Kent
jazz bands at Ramada Tunbridge Wells, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
jazz bands at Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley, Kent
Lynsted
A restful village with timbered house in cherry-orchard country. In the chur-are lyth-century monuments by ; early English sculptor, Epiphani Evesham. Nearby Doddington has such pretty cottages.
jazz bands at Salomons Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
jazz bands at Shorncliffe House, Folkestone, Kent
jazz bands at St Margaret's Bay Hotel and Resort, St Margaret's at Cliffe, nr Dover, Kent
jazz bands at The Bell Hotel, Sandwich, Kent
jazz bands at The Croft, Ashford, Kent
jazz bands at The Hop Farm, Tonbridge, Kent
Margate
Blackpool in Kent—but without qu: so much noise and heartiness. The 'Dreamland' amusement park, intend for children, is equally attractive older visitors; it includes a ballroom and a cinema. There are magnificent sands, floral gardens, a long promenade.
jazz bands at The Marquis at Alkham, Dover, Kent
jazz bands at The Orchard, Maidstone, Kent
jazz bands at The Pines Calyx, St. Margaret's Bay, Kent
jazz bands at The Wildlife Heritage Foundation, Ashford, Kent
jazz bands at Thistle Brands Hatch, Brands Hatch, Dartford, Kent
jazz bands at Turkey Mill, Maidstone, Kent