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…
Citadel Road Recreational Area Consultation
At their meeting on 9 June, The Civic & Special Project Committee of Dover Town Council considered several appeals for funding and unanimously agreed to support three of these. The Town Council approved The Dover & Deal Sea Cadets application for financial assistance of £1,500.00 toward the purchase of a new safety and…
Yet again, vandals ran amok in Pencester Pavilion, ripping and tearing the rubber matting of the pillars and spraying the concrete with graffiti. In May, a similar incident occurred, bringing the costs of repairs this year into hundreds of pounds. The pavilion, site of many concerts and community events, is maintained by Dover Town Council…
Dover Town Council has achieved the Foundation Award of the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Award Scheme with the unanimous support and congratulations of the Regional Accreditation Panel. The Scheme went live in January 2015 and we understand that we were the first Council in Kent to submit an application. The Award celebrates the…