2016 Events Archives - Beeches Holiday Lets

Dreamland special events

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: October 10, 2016
Filed Under: 2016 Events, 2017 Events, Christmas, Days Out, Local Area, Margate, Shopping

Margate’s iconic Dreamland amusement park reopened last year and immediately started to attract increased visitor numbers to the town and the wider area. Margate beach is once more packed out in the summer and the higher footfall for the town as a whole has helped lots of new businesses get established, particularly around the seafront […]

Tags: Beside the Sea Dreamland Screamland special events Vintage Market

Lay your head right here for the Green Hop Beer Fortnight

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: September 1, 2016
Filed Under: 2016 Events, Activities, Days Out, Eating out, Local Area

We love it when visitors come and stay in our holiday lets in Broadstairs because they’re in the area for a particular event. The Green Hop Beer Fortnight is a particularly interesting one which always attracts great folk. It takes place all over Kent which is a pretty large area, if you’re coming to the UK […]

Tags: ale houses brew pubs breweries british real ale cask ale craft ale craft beer gadds green hop beer hovelling boat inn london tavern the two halves time and tide

Broadstairs Food Festival 2016

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: September 1, 2016
Filed Under: 2016 Events, Broadstairs, Eating out, Local Area, Shopping

One of the major annual events in our lovely town is the Broadstairs Food Festival, which takes place each autumn in Victoria Gardens overlooking Viking Bay. This year the Festival is on from 30th September to 2nd October. The Festival site is a lovely spot, with fresh sea breezes wafting aromatic scents of tasty Kentish produce across the […]

Tags: Albarino Broadstairs Food Festival Catherine Phipps Cheese Kentish Produce Kentish Wines

Moonlight Maze fun at Quex

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: August 16, 2016
Filed Under: 2016 Events, Activities, Days Out, Gardens, Local Area, Villages

Quex Park in Birchington is a short way along the coast from Broadstairs, just beyond Margate. It’s a great day out, featuring a range of attractions. This blog post highlights a special evening event at the park – the Moonlight Maze Night on 27th August. The famously adventurous Powell Cotton family originally owned this country estate, which is […]

Tags: Broadstairs holiday lets kent maize maze maze moonlight maze experience quex

Xiringuito – don’t miss this!

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: August 3, 2016
Filed Under: 2016 Events, Eating out, Margate, News

Margate has become a veritable hotbed of trendiness in recent years. It is fair to say that it has now, properly, well and truly, up and come. And the rise continues with exciting new openings and events being announced seemingly every week. Xiringuito stands out as something extra special even in the sea of arty unique-ness […]

Tags: Dreamland foodie kent kent foodie local produce margate pop up xiringuito