The leisure centre is well run offering lots of sporting activities for all ages. You can make use…read moreof the fitness suite or the swimming pool. There is even a learners pool aimed mainly at younger children. the leisure centre runs lots of courses and activities throughout the year and they have a very well know swimming club. If you are staying in dover and are stuck for something to do with the kids this is well worth a visit and for the swimming pool you can buy family tickets.

The new company that has taken over is not as good as Your Leisure. The website for swimming is…read moreabsolutely terrible and completely unreliable. I have traveled to Dover on 3 occasions to find I couldn't swim. The reception staff are great, but mainly the same people as before. Management should seek employment elsewhere. Also, while I'm feeling frustrated, Places for People don't respond to complaints or improve as a result. Rather typical Dover Council awarding contracts to those who can't deliver.

A great place for kids to get up close and feed the animals. This park boasts a range of animals…read morefrom lama's to roving goats. Druidstone has recently updated its play areas which have picnic benches nearby (great for summer days out). During the summer there are regular free falconry displays.

We spent a good few hours here, really lovely. Not a lot of animals but fine for young kids, my son…read moreis 5. Great play area where we had a picnic. Nice coffee in the cafe. Lovely walk through woodland with things to see and find. Would go back again.

I'm reviewing this place as a meeting venue - my charity held an information day at the Fuller…read moreHall. Fuller Hall is completely accessible and equipped with technology throughout. We hosted meetings in the main hall and in the refectory, both had projectors and screens and in the refectory there were tea/coffee making facilities and a fridge. A light and modern venue, and attentive caretaker Rod was friendly and competent to ensure a smooth running event.

The park itself is nice: it is not aiming to overwhelm with lots of animals in tiny cages but goes…read morefor a moderate number with (reasonable) space. The Q&A sessions help educate kids about endangered species and the parks effort to preserve the ecosystem. Unfortunately, the message seems to end where their own setup is concerned. The vegetarian food options are terrible, the slushies come in throw-away plastic containers and condiments are individually packaged. The worst, however, is getting there: if you go via public transport, you are facing a daunting 500m walk on a country road with no sidewalks. We literally had cars queuing up behind us. This just sends a terrible message: yeah, we are preserving rhinos but we cannot be bothered to support public transport at home. The park desperately needs to work this out (maybe get the council involved).

Wingham Wildlife Park gets better and better each time I visit with new animals / enclosures and…read morechanges to the park. I love this wildlife park it is my favourite places to visit to see and interact with animals and to watch the otters train and listen to the talk. Wingham is a lovely zoo with many different animals from otters to lions, it's a very clean zoo, well laid out, has great areas for picnics next to lovely ponds/lakes, great play areas for kids and staff are always very friendly and happy. The animal enclosures are all very clean and most of the animals look happy. I especially love the otter areas. At present there are baby otters so adorable. The only caged areas I don't like at Wingham is the big cat enclosures I feel they are too small and has not got enough climbing frames/trees for the big cats to enjoy so they do not seem very happy in particular the jaguar but their enclosures are very clean. But saying this about the cages least for instance the lions that where rescued from a circus has got a much better live now at Wingham. Also I feel that perhaps the penguin enclosure needs a update perhaps make it more of beach type area like London Zoo however penguins do seem very happy though in their enclosure and they have had many baby penguins over the past couple of months even the gay penguins brought up a baby penguin that they adopted, so cute. At this zoo you can also interact with quite a few of the animals from feeding (food at a cost) wallabies, goats, reindeer, koi, meerkats etc. Amazing. You can also interact with snakes, spiders and lizards at certain times. They also have many animal experiences that you can pay from such as a penguin encounter. I done a ring tailed lemur experience and it was the most amazing animal experience I have ever paid for and I have done quite a lot of varied animal experiences. The lemurs jump all over you for their food (bananas and carrots). It was amazing I had them on my head, bottom of my legs, on my back just everywhere. I will definitely be doing the lemur experience again next year. The keeper was also very nice and very knowledgable so she made the experience ever more of a joy. As I mentioned before I have visited Wingham time and time again and would still do I highly recommend a visit to anyone.

We first visited this park at the beginning of the year,and were so impressed we actually bought an…read moreannual family membership! For 2 adults and 1 child (we also have 2 babies but we didnt have to pay for them) was under £80 for the year, if you use a website called discountbritain to get voucher for cheap entry, and also buy a calendar from Howletts when you arrive, which has a voucher for 25% discount on membership in the back - well worth the couple of quid for the calender. As a member you also receive newsletters with money off vouchers throughout the year, with updates on births etc at the park, which is always a welcome item of post in our house! Anyhow, back to the park- there is such a lovely variety of animals here, in generous enclosures, that you feel they are living in surroundings as close to they would in the wild, which I feel is very important. I have been to many animal parks in the past, but never have I got so close to the animals - be sure to try out the lemur enclosure!! The staff are extremely friendly, and always willing to answer any questions you may have. The childrens play area is lovely, with a clean sand pit and lots of climbing apparatus, next to a lovely green to sit and have a picnic.

Excellent animal park, we visited a couple of weeks ago, and really enjoyed it…read more If I were to have any criticisms it would be some of the cages seem a bit overgrown with bushes on the fences which means the view into the pens is limited, other than that the majority of the refreshment stands were closed (I realise we visited out of season) and the ones that were open didnt have much stock (a choice of 2 ice lollies) But they are only small gripes and it certainly didnt spoil our day out there. You can use Tescos deals tokens in payment to get in meaning its a free day out!

A great place to visit, a credit to the members of the Club and the villagers of Aylesham…read more The Green, Club and it's surroundings are maintained on a voluntery basis by it's members. I have played there many times and have always been pleased with what is a playing surface second to none in the County. The Club play in the Local Dover League and in the past few years have been both winners and runners up in the league. The club play host to many touring sides throughout the season, as well as hosting many County and National games. In 2010 they are hosting the County Competition Finals. New bowlers, visitors and spectators are always welcome there, a lovely place to spend a summer afternoon.

Ethical and beautiful. The hike trail is amazing but if you take the bus tour a giraffe can come…read moreright up to the bus! The bus has no windows so it could probably reach its head through! If you're not up for that the hike is better. The only thing is there are a couple animals where you can't get your hopes up about seeing them... the tapirs are always hiding and so are most of the smaller cats. But that doesn't take off a star! It can actually be more fun for kids to stop for a minute and look for them! You can make it a game!!! It's a wonderful place to visit!

Port Lympne reserve is a amazing place to see animals in vast open spaces and I do highly recommend…read moreto anyone that particularly wants to see a rhino in a large open area or deer type animals but if you are expecting to see penguins, elephants, lemurs etc then this is the zoo for you. Also the zoo is so vast you cant really walk it as some areas are just for the safari truck tours. However you can easily walk to the gorilla viewing area and pass the rhino area by foot and some wild cats. You can also get to the dinosaur park easily on foot and the dinosaur park is a must to do. Ok you say its just plastic dinosaurs but they are so well done and gives you a real scale of how big a dinosaur was and there are so many dinosaurs even some I have never heard of so I highly recommend anyone to go and see these amazing plastic dinosaurs so interesting. The best I have ever seen however it might be a good idea if they could add some dinosaur noise throughout the woods via speakers. So if you want to go on a mini safari, see rhinos or deer type animals or even have a stay with a difference in a tent or tree house then I highly recommend to go along to Port Lympne.

Canterbury Bowling Club is situated in South Canterbury Road. The club has two well mainained…read moregreens and provides two of the finest bowling surfaces in Kent. The club takes part throughout the summer in the Forest of Blean League and has bowlers who represent the County at all levels. Full details of the Club can be found at their Web Site: http://www.aylesham.org/canterburybowlsclub/ I have played there on a number of occasions and have found them to be very competitive, but also friendly and sociiable in the bar after the match. Like all Bowls Clubs they are always happy to see new bowlers and visitors. Canterbury have touring sides from all over the Country competing against them, as well as hosting many County and National events. They also host a number of Open Tournaments throughout the season.