2 Maidstone Borough Council
News in brief Museum Accreditation
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery has received accreditation from the Arts Council England, recognising its commitment to looking after and managing its collections effectively for visitors to enjoy. The achievement means that it can apply for grants from organisations such as the Arts Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund, and can run things such as the very successful Museums in Schools project.
Certificates of Excellence Both Mote Park and Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery have been awarded TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence! These are awarded to attractions that receive consistently positive reviews on the TripAdvisor website.
Delivering New Homes Maidstone Borough Council has delivered more than 1,100 new affordable homes in the last five years, helping to make getting onto the housing ladder more achievable.
Helping Homeless Families We now have 20 units of our own housing stock to help homeless families. This means we can provide better quality homes for those in the most need and much better value for money than bed and breakfast accommodation.
Twinning Association Interested in France and French culture? The Maidstone/Beauvais Twinning Association is always looking for new members to help further the friendly links between the twinned towns of Maidstone and Beauvais in France. If you would like to find out more, contact the secretary, Michael Yates, at
myates38@btinternet.com or by calling 01622 675188 or 07963 677952.
Traffic and Travel To keep up-to-date with traffic news, including Operation Stack, useful Twitter accounts to follow are @KentHighways, @Kent_Police and @HighwaysSEAST. You don’t need your own Twitter account to see the updates – just visit
www.twitter.com and search for the account that you’d like to see.
People from all over Kent have been coming to Maidstone Market since 1548, making it a crucial and enduring part of the County Town’s rich history. Once a central meeting place for local produce and wares, the market has adapted over the years from a traditional cattle market to the vibrant, lively place it is today.
It still stands on its original site at Barker Road, Lockmeadow just a few minutes walk from the River Medway and Maidstone High Street. It is less than three miles from the M20 junction 6, making it ideally placed for visitors and businesses.
The Agricultural Hall is a large, flexible space, which is available for hire at weekends by organisations, businesses and individuals for a wide variety of events. The hall can be hired for a one-off booking or for a series of events at competitive hire prices with reduced rates for not-for-profit events.
The market regularly hosts many interesting events including dog and cat shows,
history fairs, auctions, beer festivals, antique toy fairs, tool sales, archery competitions, art markets, boot fairs and plant sales.
For information about hiring the hall or to arrange a viewing please contact 01622 602258 or email
market@maidstone.gov.uk.
Bulky refuse
Our paid for bulky collection service now includes Saturday collections - book online or by calling 01622 602600.
But if your items are still usable you could help one of the many local charities which collect for free for a small donation. Many residents are finding this a better solution to get rid of items they no longer need.
Alternatively the local household waste recycling centre at Burial Ground Lane, Tovil accepts many materials from cooking oil to white goods and recycles more than 65% of the rubbish taken there. It is open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 4.30pm, and Sunday and Bank Holidays, 9am to 4pm.
The council also operates a Saturday freighter service but all the rubbish goes to landfill so please only use it for items that cannot be re-used or recycled. The freighter cannot accept cardboard, small electrical items, textiles or garden waste which can be recycled with the household waste collection service. And it doesn’t accept large bulky items, building rubble, commercial waste, electrical items or hazardous material.
For more information about bulky rubbish services, including paid for doorstep collections and the freighter, visit
maidstone.gov.uk or call the cleansing hotline on 01622 602162.
Hall Hire at Maidstone Market
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