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Ho Ho Ho! The Great Christmas Switch On comes to Dover this year on Saturday the 5th of December and now is the time to get involved in this spectacular annual community event. This is a great opportunity for stall holders, musicians, artists, entertainers, caterers or anyone with ideas to showcase their talent as Dover…
If August is green, the colour of October must surely be yellow or orange, for it is this month that brings along with the falling leaves, the harvest of squash and pumpkin. It is the grinning face of the latter that we see on the last day of this month, candlelit and glowing in all…
Run by the community for the community since 1826, the Dover Regatta is one of the oldest events of its kind in Britain. And nearly 200 years later, on 30 August, this year’s Regatta proved to be the best one yet. The weather was perfect for a day of boating and by late afternoon it…
Dover Town Council is delighted to announce that Cllr Sue Jones has been named as one of 3 finalists for the national award for STAR COUNCILLOR OF 2015. The Star Award is NALC’s (National Association of Local Councils) way of recognising the hard work and dedication of people in local government whose efforts, often unsung…
September is a bittersweet month in the allotment. After the languid heat of summer and early harvest, the bluster of autumn bonfires will not be far behind. Hopefully you will still be enjoying cucumbers, onions, courgettes, lettuce, leeks and spinach. Potatoes and tomatoes should both be plentiful. Toward the end of the month,the last of the…
In 2012 Dover Town Council started a greeting service run by volunteers to meet, greet and advise tourists visiting the town during the summer months, to answer any questions and generally give a welcoming feel to the Town. Since then, the Dover Greeters have gone from strength to strength, becoming an integral part of life…
Dover Town Council wants to promote and encourage walking in the town as part of a healthy lifestyle. To this end, three varied routes have been created for the community to enjoy. The routes include the town’s heritage, tourism, transport and nature and range from approximately 24 minutes up to 2 hours. All three routes start and…
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The beautiful and rare grass chalk land at High Meadow Local Nature Reserve was extended during 2013/14 by the White Cliff Country Partnership in phase one of a National Lottery funded project initiated by Dover Town Council, which owns the land and hopes to restore it to how it was in the 1950s. This first…
‘If the first week of August be warm, the winter will be white and long!’ says the old wife but not many of us will care about that as we bask in the sun, all thoughts of the early darkening cold days to come banished in the heat. The allotment at this time is a…