Aylesham Heritage Centre is open to the public every Wednesday between 10am and 2pm.  It is a well-used community resource, run wholly by volunteers, mostly ex-miners and people who have a mining connection in their family. The centre tells the story of the village since its green field birth in 1927 and of the colliery it was built to serve, Snowdown.

The collections on display include:

• original archive material ranging from pension records, an asset survey, social and sporting club records, Nacods and local Labour party minute books.
• sports/social club memorabilia- e.g. pigeon club, darts, skittles, pool, from Snowdown Colliery long service certificates
• mining material, e.g. lamps, snap tins, checks, self-rescuers, battery packs, explosive (dummies), cables, piece of coal (‘last piece from Snowdown’), winding rope, badges, canary revival cage
• uniform, e.g. helmet, knee pads, overalls, NCB jacket

There are extensive collections of images (many digitised), ephemera and cuttings.

Address:
Aylesham Heritage Centre
Dorman Avenue South
Aylesham
CT3 3AA