The Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra plays Elgar at the Stag on Sunday, and Westerham holds a Christmas craft market on Saturday. No trains run to Charing Cross.

The Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra plays Elgar’s First Symphony at the Stag on Sunday afternoon. Westerham’s church holds a Christmas craft market on Saturday, and Seal’s school puts on a laser show on Friday evening.

Plan any trip to London carefully. No Southeastern trains run to or from Charing Cross, Waterloo East or Cannon Street on Saturday or Sunday. Sunday is the harder day for Sevenoaks.

This weekend around Sevenoaks at a glance. Friday: Seal PTFA laser show from 5pm, with shows at 5.30pm and 6.30pm; Tease burlesque and cabaret at the Stag at 7.30pm. Saturday: Westerham Christmas craft market at St Mary's Church from 11am to 3pm; Sevenoaks Town away at Peacehaven and Telscombe at 3pm; Sewage: Definitely Not A Musical in the Stag Plaza at 7.30pm. Sunday: Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra at the Stag at 3pm; Tad Newton's Jazz Friends at Dunton Green Social Club at 3pm; no Charing Cross stopping trains all day, with Victoria trains running to Sevenoaks instead.
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Friday 13 November

  • Seal PTFA laser show at Seal C of E Primary School. Gates open at 5pm. There are two shows, at 5.30pm and 6.30pm, and both are included in the £10 ticket. Coldbreath Butchers runs the barbecue, and there is a bar and stalls. Our Seal harvest window story carries the PTFA’s poster.
  • Tease, a burlesque and cabaret show, at the Stag at 7.30pm. It runs for about two hours ten minutes. (The Stag, Tease)
  • The AC/DC Experience, a tribute band, also at the Stag at 8pm. The Stag says it is standing only. (The Stag, The AC/DC Experience)
  • Open mic night for 11 to 17-year-olds at House in the Basement youth cafe, 5.30pm to 7.30pm. There is no need to book, and performers get free pizza. (Sevenoaks Town Council, Open Mic Night)
  • Conservation volunteering at Longspring Wood, 10am to 1pm, clearing rhododendron. No experience is needed. Volunteers sign up by email through the town council’s page. It runs again on Saturday at the same times. (Sevenoaks Town Council, Longspring Wood)

Saturday 14 November

  • Westerham Christmas craft market at St Mary’s Church on The Green, 11am to 3pm. It has hand-crafted local goods and food. Entry is free and refreshments are on sale. (Westerham Parish Church, Christmas Craft Market)
  • Annie, performed by students of D’Arcy Stage School, aged 2 to 18, at the Stag at 10am and 3pm. (The Stag, Annie)
  • Sewage: Definitely Not A Musical, a political comedy about a Kent seaside family and the water industry, in the Stag’s Plaza at 7.30pm. (The Stag, Sewage)
  • Football. Sevenoaks Town are away at Peacehaven and Telscombe, kick-off 3pm. The Oaks have climbed to 8th in the Isthmian South East Division with 25 points. They drew 2-2 with leaders Whitstable Town last Saturday, then won 3-0 at second-placed Hastings on Tuesday night. (Isthmian League, South East Division)
  • Rugby. The 1st XV are away at CS Stags 1863, with six league wins from six. The 2nd XV are at home to Ashford at Knole Paddock. (Sevenoaks RFC, fixtures)
  • Saturday markets in town. Bligh’s Market and the High Street market outside the Chequers run from 9am to 4pm. (Sevenoaks Town Council, Markets)
  • Santa at Polhill. The garden centre’s grotto at Badgers Mount is open at weekends, at £15.50 a child. Our Father Christmas guide compares the others, several of which have sold out in December.

Sunday 15 November

At the Stag all weekend

These films are showing on all three days. Times are on the Stag’s listings.

  • Ebenezer (12A), with Johnny Depp as Scrooge, three times a day
  • Wicker (15)
  • Wild Horse Nine (15)

Forgotten Island (PG) is on Saturday and Sunday at 1.30pm.

Further afield

  • Broadditch Farm Shop Christmas Market, near Bluewater. More than 50 stallholders fill two barns. It is open on Friday from 3pm to 9pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm. (Broadditch Farm Shop, Christmas)
  • Groombridge Farmers’ Market, Saturday, 9am to 1pm. (KFMA, Groombridge)

Plan around

Trains on Saturday. Southeastern’s notice says Sevenoaks stopping trains are diverted to and from London Blackfriars. Hastings line trains run to and from London Bridge, non-stop between London Bridge and Tonbridge by another route. Trains that usually run only between Charing Cross and Tunbridge Wells do not run. (Southeastern, engineering work for 14 November)

Trains on Sunday. Work at Hither Green closes all lines there. The Charing Cross to Sevenoaks stopping trains do not run at all. Instead, Victoria to Orpington trains via Bromley South are extended to Sevenoaks. Buses replace trains between Lewisham and Orpington. Hither Green, Grove Park, Elmstead Woods and Chislehurst are served only by buses. The Tube between Victoria, Charing Cross, London Bridge and the other central stations is free with your rail ticket. (Southeastern, engineering work for 15 November) Our train times page has the other dates to Christmas.

Deadlines.

  • Friday 13 November: the consultation on extending the Halstead car meets order around Hewitts Roundabout closes. Our consultation story has the link.
  • Sunday 15 November, midnight: Trinity School’s faith form for a church place in Year 7 in September 2027. It goes through the school’s own portal, not Kent’s. (Trinity School, admission process) Our secondary school places guide has the other dates.

Coming up.

Sources

Graphic by Sevenoaks Online.

Image: Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra in concert, from the orchestra’s photo gallery.