Notices | Benenden Parish Council

KENT'S PLAN BEE

Kent's Plan Bee is a pollinator action plan which has been developed by the county council to take the lead and encourage local communities to improve the food sources and general habitat for pollinators in Kent. Pollinators such as bees, wasps, butterflies, moths and hoverflies are vital for our food, economy and environment and we must act to reverse their rapid decline.

KCC has published new guides for the Kent Plan Bee project, which are intended to help the community identify, appreciate and take actions to help Kent’s pollinating insects.

Benenden Cricket Club Fixtures

Benenden Cricket Club’s Fixtures List for 2025

Check your smoke alarms are in date

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) is urging people to check the expiry date on their smoke alarms, as they only have a lifespan of up to ten years.

Between 2022-2024, approximately 6,600 expired smoke alarms were discovered at properties in Kent and Medway during Home Fire Safety Visits carried out by KFRS with some residents unaware that they expire or how to check them.

The service has now launched its own campaign to raise awareness that smoke alarms expire, how to check their date and how to replace them.

CENTENARY COMMEMORATION OF ROTHERMERE GIFTS

BENENDEN COMMEMORATES CENTENARY OF ROTHERMERE RECREATIONAL GIFTS

A tree-planting ceremony was held on the Benenden recreation ground, adjoining the Village Hall, on Saturday September 21, 2024, to commemorate the centenary of major gifts to the village by the first Viscount Rothermere for the recreation of parishioners.

BENENDEN NATURE GROUP

A facebook group has been set up for people who are interested in gaining and sharing knowledge of our local wildlife, wildflowers, trees and natural spaces.

If you want to help to create wildlife friendly spaces and corridors in our villages, please join us and together we can work to protect our beautiful landscape, flora and fauna.

Share your sightings and experiences, post your photos and ask your questions.

https://www.facebook.com/share/A9FhLEdPrHpNXtqR/

BENENDEN AND IDEN GREEN WELLS REFURBISHMENT

BENENDEN AND IDEN GREEN WELLS

Benenden and Iden Green have many Listed Buildings ranging from graveyard tombs to manor houses, from telephone boxes to wells. They are all precious heritage assets and belong in the landscape that we cherish so much.

ROAD CLOSURES

ROAD CLOSURES

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Waterloo Road , Cranbrook - 3rd September

It will be necessary to close Waterloo Road, Cranbrook from 3rd September 2025 for up to 2 days.

The road will be closed between the junction with A229 Angley Road and The Hill.

The alternative route is via Stone Street, High Street, A229 Angley Road and vice versa.

It is planned that the road will be closed between 22:00 hrs and 06:00 hrs each day.