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Town: Days Out Unique Days Out Gallery 17, Beckenham Rosemary Shrager Cookery School, Tunbridge Wells Realise your artistic talents by learning to paint, make ceramics in the studio or join a picture framing workshop at this uplifting art centre, featuring local and international art and ceramics designed and made on the premises. www.galleryseventeen.co.uk A must for any budding chef, offering over 40 courses, designed to suit every level of cook. Where cooks can learn with imagination, passion and enjoyment. www.rosemaryshrager.com Flip Out, Ashford Curious Brewery, Ashford Bounce off the walls, flip in the air, face a hardcore ninja warrior-style challenge, enjoy a game of trampoline slam dunk, or dive into one of three giant foam pits at this all-action, fun-for-all-the-family trampoline park. www.flipout.co.uk Opening its doors in 2019, Chapel Down’s multi-million pound brewery offers a behind the scenes look at where flavour and passion collide to in the brewery process of their renowned, award-winning beers and ciders. www.curiousbrewery.com Gravity, Bluewater & Maidstone Fentons Ice Rink, Tunbridge Wells Enjoy open bounce sessions, leap between the interconnected trampolines, challenge others in the dodgeball court and slam dunk zone, and enjoy the thrill of the big air bag at the most advanced trampoline park in the world. www.gravity-uk.com Wonderful curling ice rink – try your hand at this exciting sport which is both fun and challenging, great for parties, family fun or office outings. www.fentonsrink.co.uk Clip and Climb, Tonbridge Chatham Snowsports Centre, Chatham Where climbing meets theme park, 33 wall challenges, infamous vertical drop slide and stairway to heaven combine to provide guaranteed entertainment for the whole family. www.clipnclimbtonbridge.co.uk Enjoy family-friendly ski or snowboard lessons at the longest artificial slope in the South East, or ride the longest toboggan run in the UK, or slide and whizz down the 80m Viper track in a snow tube! www.jnlchatham.co.uk Copper Rivet Distillery, Chatham Exciting and dynamic distillery that offers behind the scenes tours and tastings of the award-winning small batch gin, whisky and vodka production line from the makers that are the only distillery in Kent to undertake the process from grain to glass. www.copperrivetdistillery.com Diggerland, Rochester Anno Distillery, Tonbridge Mote Park, Maidstone Kent Cookery School, Ashford Shepherd Neame Brewery, Faversham Theme park where children (and adults!) can ride, drive and operate real diggers, dumpers and other full-size construction machinery as well as enjoy rides and indoor and outdoor play areas. www.diggerland.com Informative and fun tours and tasting sessions for those new to gin and avid fans alike. Be guided through the history of the Marden distillery, explore the botanicals and end with a tutored tasting of the awardwinning Anno Kent Dry Gin. www.annodistillers.co.uk Award-winning 440-acre multi-use park in the heart of the town. The former country estate, converted to landscaped parkland at the end of the 18th century offers festivals, outdoor play, a skate park, watersports and café. www.moteparkfellowship.org.uk/mote-park Relaxed and informal yet professional and well equipped cookery school offering classes for individuals, couples, families and groups in an array of mouth watering foods from fresh pasta to French pastries using fresh and local produce. www.kentcookeryschool.co.uk Take an award-winning 80-minute tour of Britain’s oldest brewer, ending with a tutored tasting session, and the chance to take some bottles home from the gift shop. www.shepherdneame.co.uk/visitor-centre/ brewery-tours 32