Events

Mayor's Fundraising Quiz Night

Bat & Ball Centre

7 Feb 26 - 19:00

Book your tickets for the Mayor's fundraising quiz.

Forget-me-not Café, dementia-friendly event

Bat & Ball Station

25 Feb 26 - 10:30 to 12:00

Bob Ogley talk on 'The Story of Knole Park'

International Women's Day Lunch

Bat & Ball Centre

6 Mar 26 - 11:45 to 14:40

A networking lunch bringing together businesswomen and students

Annual Town Public Meeting

Bat & Ball Centre

9 Mar 26 - 18:30

Have your say on matters relating to Sevenoaks Town.

Swing into Spring

Stag Theatre

19 Mar 26 - 19:30

Mayor's Charity Concert raising funds for Citizen's Advice and the Sevenoaks Area Youth Trust

Forget-me-not Café, dementia-friendly event

Bat & Ball Station

25 Mar 26 - 10:30 to 12:00

Local artist Susanne Beard will be hosting an arts & crafts session

Forget-me-not Café, dementia-friendly event

Bat and Ball Station

29 Apr 26 - 10:30 to 12:00

Skiffle Express will be making music and encouraging attendees to join in!

News

Sevenoaks Town Council sets 2026/2027 Financial Budget

Sevenoaks Town Council sets 2026/2027 Financial Budget

Published: 30 Jan 26

Sevenoaks Town Council has set its 2026/2027 Financial Budget at £2,117,684. This equates to Annual Cost per Household (Band D) £161.19 per year / £3.10 per week. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council secures funding for Age UK electric minibus

Sevenoaks Town Council secures funding for Age UK electric minibus

Published: 20 Jan 26

Sevenoaks Town Council is delighted to announce that its Community Transport Grant application to Kent County Council has been successful, securing funding for a new wheelchair-accessible electric minibus for Age UK Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge. Read More...

Proposed corner protections consultation

Proposed corner protections consultation

Published: 19 Jan 26

Have your say! The deadline to provide your feedback on 14 proposed corner protections in Sevenoaks is 31 January 2026. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council to host International Women’s Day event for businesswomen and students

Sevenoaks Town Council to host International Women’s Day event for businesswomen and students

Published: 16 Jan 26

Sevenoaks Town Council is delighted to host its annual International Women’s Day networking event on Friday 6 March at Bat & Ball Centre. The event will bring together professional women and students to network, connect and celebrate. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council delighted to share delivery dates for the Dartford Road zebra crossing

Sevenoaks Town Council delighted to share delivery dates for the Dartford Road zebra crossing

Published: 16 Jan 26

Construction will take place during the school holidays, commencing 16th February 2026, and expected to take 6 days. Read More...

Stag CEO to retire after 14 successful years

Stag CEO to retire after 14 successful years

Published: 16 Jan 26

Andrew Eyre, the current Chief Executive of the Stag, has announced that he will be retiring from his role this summer. Read More...

Bob Ogley presents £1000 cheque for the Mayor’s charities

Bob Ogley presents £1000 cheque for the Mayor’s charities

Published: 13 Jan 26

Before the Sevenoaks Town Council meeting on 12 January, local historian and author Bob Ogley presented a cheque for £1,000 for the Mayor’s charities: Sevenoaks Area Youth Trust and Citizens Advice in North & West Kent. Read More...

Please let our toddlers play safely

Please let our toddlers play safely

Published: 6 Jan 26

The Town Council needs your help to stop repeated attacks on the Buckhurst Lane toddlers play area at the Environmental Park, between Sevenoaks Leisure Centre and Knole Park. Read More...

New Year Message from the Mayor of Sevenoaks

New Year Message from the Mayor of Sevenoaks

Published: 2 Jan 26

The Mayor of Sevenoaks, Cllr Tony Clayton, writes a message to residents on behalf of the Town Council. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Team celebrates creativity in Best Dressed Window Competition

Sevenoaks Town Team celebrates creativity in Best Dressed Window Competition

Published: 17 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Town Team’s annual Best Dressed Window Competition returned this year, and once again the town is looking truly spectacular. Read who the winners are! Read More...

Linoprint of Bradbourne Lakes joins Sevenoaks Town Council’s public art collection

Linoprint of Bradbourne Lakes joins Sevenoaks Town Council’s public art collection

Published: 16 Dec 25

At the last Council meeting, the Mayor donated a piece of art by Carole Aston. Read More...

Mayor opens new community gazebo at Quakers Hall Lane Allotments

Mayor opens new community gazebo at Quakers Hall Lane Allotments

Published: 16 Dec 25

On Sunday 14 December, a new community gazebo at the Town Council’s Quakers Hall Lane Allotments was officially opened by the Mayor of Sevenoaks. Read More...

Young filmmakers backed by grant from Sevenoaks Town Council

Young filmmakers backed by grant from Sevenoaks Town Council

Published: 12 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Town Council is supporting the Stag Youth Theatre with an ambitious new project, giving young people the chance to devise, film and star in a medieval fantasy feature-length film. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council secures grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to support House in the Basement Youth Café

Sevenoaks Town Council secures grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to support House in the Basement Youth Café

Published: 11 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Town Council is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a £10,000 grant from The National Lottery Community Fund. This funding will contribute directly to youth worker salaries at House in the Basement. Read More...

From sketch to sparkle: children’s Christmas light designs illuminate Sevenoaks

From sketch to sparkle: children’s Christmas light designs illuminate Sevenoaks

Published: 10 Dec 25

Earlier this year, Sevenoaks Town Council invited local children to take part in a festive challenge to design a Christmas light. The 2024 winner's light was unveiled at an official switch-on ceremony with their families. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council raises concerns over potential building heights explored in Local Plan proposed allocation of Sevenoaks Station

Sevenoaks Town Council raises concerns over potential building heights explored in Local Plan proposed allocation of Sevenoaks Station

Published: 3 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Town Council recognises the need to explore higher housing densities in the most sustainable locations, however was particularly concerned to discover that the building heights explored within Sevenoaks Station’s Development Brief go up to 10+ storeys. Read More...

Book launch of Bob Ogley’s ‘The Story of Knole Park’ raises funds for Mayor’s charities

Book launch of Bob Ogley’s ‘The Story of Knole Park’ raises funds for Mayor’s charities

Published: 3 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Town Council was delighted to host the launch of Bob Ogley’s book, The Story of Knole Park, with a special mayoral fundraising event at Knole. Read More...

Record youth engagement as Sevenoaks forms its largest-ever Youth Council

Record youth engagement as Sevenoaks forms its largest-ever Youth Council

Published: 3 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Youth Council has welcomed a record 80 members, after an extraordinary wave of applications. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council submits further objection to the proposed installation of BT Street Hubs across Sevenoaks Town

Sevenoaks Town Council submits further objection to the proposed installation of BT Street Hubs across Sevenoaks Town

Published: 2 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Town Council has since submitted further representation to the Planning Inspector, reiterating its safety concerns and highlighting the negative impact that other such structures have been observed to have on the streetscape and public realm. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council funds new solar panels and gazebo at Quakers Hall Lane Allotments

Sevenoaks Town Council funds new solar panels and gazebo at Quakers Hall Lane Allotments

Published: 2 Dec 25

Sevenoaks Town Council will fund the installation of solar panels and the addition of a new wooden gazebo to provide shelter at the allotments on Quakers Hall Lane. Read More...

Sevenoaks celebrates the start of the festive season with spectacular lights switch-on

Sevenoaks celebrates the start of the festive season with spectacular lights switch-on

Published: 2 Dec 25

On Saturday 29 November, thousands turned out to enjoy a festive afternoon in Sevenoaks at the much-loved Christmas Lights-Switch On event, organised by the Town Council. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council endorses application for the Cross-Channel Geopark to achieve UNESCO World Heritage Status

Sevenoaks Town Council endorses application for the Cross-Channel Geopark to achieve UNESCO World Heritage Status

Published: 26 Nov 25

Sevenoaks Town Council has formally agreed to endorse a joint application for the Cross-Channel Geopark – within which a portion of Sevenoaks Town resides – to be registered as a UNESCO Global Geopark with World Heritage Status. Read More...

 Rail Safe Friendly programme extended to keep more local students safe near railways

Rail Safe Friendly programme extended to keep more local students safe near railways

Published: 26 Nov 25

Thanks to funding from Darent Valley Community Rail Partnership (DVCRP), Sevenoaks Town Council has brought vital rail safety education to local students and is now planning to host more workshops for schools. Read More...

Sevenoaks’ Young Champions presented with prestigious RHS Britain in Bloom awards

Sevenoaks’ Young Champions presented with prestigious RHS Britain in Bloom awards

Published: 26 Nov 25

Two dedicated young volunteers, Willow and Bonnie, have been celebrated as the Mayor of Sevenoaks, Cllr Tony Clayton, and the Chair of Sevenoaks in Bloom, Cllr Dr Merilyn Canet, visited their schools, Weald of Kent and Lady Boswell’s, to present them with RHS Britain in Bloom Young Champion Awards. Read More...

Sevenoaks Business Awards 2025

Sevenoaks Business Awards 2025

Published: 17 Nov 25

The Sevenoaks Town Team Business Awards once again shone a spotlight on the outstanding businesses that contribute to Sevenoaks. Read More...

Sevenoaks community unites to remember those who served

Sevenoaks community unites to remember those who served

Published: 14 Nov 25

On Sunday 9th November, the Sevenoaks community joined together for a poignant Service of Remembrance on the Vine to honour all those who have defended our freedoms. Over 1,000 people gathered at the Vine. Read More...

Join the festive fun at the Sevenoaks Christmas Lights Switch-On event

Join the festive fun at the Sevenoaks Christmas Lights Switch-On event

Published: 14 Nov 25

Sevenoaks Town Council invites the community to come along to this year’s Christmas Lights Switch-On event in Sevenoaks High Street on Saturday 29 November. Read More...

Sevenoaks in Bloom wins four awards at RHS Britain in Bloom

Sevenoaks in Bloom wins four awards at RHS Britain in Bloom

Published: 3 Nov 25

Sevenoaks achieved remarkable success at the RHS Britain in Bloom Awards on Friday 31st October. Sevenoaks in Bloom won four awards, as well as a Gold standard in the Town Centres & City Centres category. Read More...

Sevenoaks celebrates start of Greatness Pavilion construction

Sevenoaks celebrates start of Greatness Pavilion construction

Published: 28 Oct 25

Construction of the exciting new Community Sports Pavilion at Greatness Recreation Ground has now begun. At a Sod Cutting Ceremony on Tuesday 28 October, the project team came together to celebrate the start of the build. Read More...

Winning Gold at South & South East in Bloom Awards

Winning Gold at South & South East in Bloom Awards

Published: 21 Oct 25

We’re so pleased to have won Gold at the 2025 South & South East in Bloom Awards. Thank you to everyone involved in Sevenoaks in Bloom who helped to make our town such a beautiful and award-winning place. Read More...

Community invited to Lilia’s Kitchen Opening Event at Bat & Ball Station

Community invited to Lilia’s Kitchen Opening Event at Bat & Ball Station

Published: 17 Oct 25

Sevenoaks Town Council is delighted to welcome Lilia's Kitchen to the café at Bat & Ball Station and would like to invite the community to the Opening Event on Saturday 1st November. Read More...

Sevenoaks Town Council regrets District Council’s decision not to register Hollybush Recreation Ground in FULL as an Asset of Community Value

Sevenoaks Town Council regrets District Council’s decision not to register Hollybush Recreation Ground in FULL as an Asset of Community Value

Published: 17 Oct 25

It is the Town Council's view that, whilst some parts of the Recreation Ground may not be accessible, they still contribute towards the biodiversity and visual amenity of the park, creating natural boundaries in some areas and certainly contributing towards its functionality, diverse offering and overall enjoyment as a whole. Read More...

Vote now for your favourite Sevenoaks business!

Vote now for your favourite Sevenoaks business!

Published: 7 Oct 25

Support your favourite Sevenoaks business by voting for them for the Customer Choice Award at the 2025 Sevenoaks Business Awards. Read More...

Richard Dowling recognised by Youth Services Committee for important contribution to Sevenoaks youth outreach

Richard Dowling recognised by Youth Services Committee for important contribution to Sevenoaks youth outreach

Published: 22 Sep 25

At the recent Sevenoaks Town Council Youth Services Committee meeting, members thanked Richard Dowling, Community Development Manager at West Kent Housing Association for his dedication to youth outreach. Read More...