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November 2018 marks a significant milestone in the development of the Betteshanger Project. With 5 months to go until our state of the art new Visitor Centre opens its doors, it’s time to say goodbye to the original Fowlmead Café/Visitor Centre and Cycle Hire “shed”
The visitor facilities at the Park will be removed during the week commencing 5 November. At the same time, temporary visitor facilities will open in the car park providing a warm dry space with (limited) catering and toilets.
Our Cycle Hire facility will also be operated from this location and a portion of our mountain bike trails will be re-routed to allow for this move.
Our new Visitor Centre and the Kent Mining Museum will open on 30 March 2019.
Make your donation personal
We need your help to raise £250,000 to support the development of the Betteshanger Project. In return, you’ll become part of our future, achieving our goal of remembering the past, whilst building a better and more sustainable future for all to enjoy.
Put yourself in the picture: from £10, have your picture featured in our 5m mosaic mural of The Waiting Miner in our new cafe.
Personalise your pit check: from £50, choose your limited edition miners pit check number and shape. Add your name or dedicate it to a loved one. Your check will hang at the entrance to the new Visitor Centre and one will be sent to you as a keepsake.
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We are beyond excited that SURVIVAL has been shortlisted in no less than 6 categories in this year's Mudstacle Awards! You've defeated VERTIGO, you conquered CARNAGE - but we've got another challenge for you, help us get SURVIVAL named as the winner. Please spread the word and get voting!
Vote for the muddiest, toughest, best OCR: goo.gl/EVm2Gi
#Betteshanger #MudstacleAwards #OCR #SURVIVAL #mondaymotivation #mypt
It's time for another Sunday Shout Out to a superstar company - ALLACCESS Scaffolding! Dedicating over a week of hard labour, fitting all the obstacles, donating ropes, rings and haybales to make the SURVIVAL2 course look like a beast, ALLACCESS helped to make our OCR a huge success.
Based in Margate, ALLACCESS Scaffolding services all commercial, domestic and industrial clients for long or short term contracts and offer free quotations and consultations: goo.gl/fGcgbZ
#Betteshanger #ALLACCESS #SURVIVAL
Our feathery friends are back by popular demand... join us this autumn to meet magnificent owls from little to large!
Book a place on our Owl Experience on 24 November and you’ll have the opportunity to fly four different species of owl to the glove during this exclusive 90-minute experience.
With a small group size of just 4, you’re guaranteed lots of hands-on time with the owls and interaction with the trainers. Why not treat the family to an early Christmas present?
Spaces are limited - book now to avoid disappointment: goo.gl/6UA7hL
#Betteshanger #birdofprey #owl #experience
We're a month away from the return of the Nice Work Christmas Cracker Run. Make sure you've earned your indulgences this holiday season, starting with a 5 mile run around Betteshanger's flat cycle track.
We're looking forward to seeing your Christmas costumes, reindeer antlers and all. Start brainstorming your festive attire now...... comments below for inspiration!
#Betteshanger #ChristmasCrackerRun #ChristmasRun #funrun
We said goodbye to the original Fowlmead Visitor Centre this week and the team is hard at work today, recycling the remains. In the meantime, work continues on the new build, with the installation of ventilation systems, floor surfacing and external ground work to prepare for a beautiful garden area.
Undertaking this work now means we avoid the worst of the winter weather and allows us to install further facilities and landscaping in time for our grand opening 30 March.
Please note, car parking charges have been suspended from today until the end of this weekend. More details on our build programme and the project can be found on our website: goo.gl/a4rru8
#Betteshanger #regeneration #KMM
Better Betteshanger
Betteshanger Park is a key part of the wider Betteshanger Sustainable Parks vision of a once-in-a-generation opportunity for everyone to see how ‘old energy’ can be transformed into ‘new energy’ and to get involved with the generation of renewable energy first hand.
