Edenbridge Bonfire burns its Infantino effigy on Saturday, UK Queen play the Stag, Sevenoaks Town host leaders Whitstable, and Remembrance Sunday at the Vine.

Edenbridge Bonfire is the big night out this weekend, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino as its 11-metre effigy. Remembrance Sunday follows, with the town’s service at the Vine at 10.50am.

Saturday is also a clear day on the railway. Southeastern listed no planned work anywhere on its network when we last read its calendar on 3 November.

This weekend around Sevenoaks at a glance. Friday: Hever Christmas Fair from 10.30am to 3.30pm, UK Queen at the Stag at 7.30pm. Saturday: Pride and Prejudice The Hoedown Edition at the Stag at 2pm and 7pm, Sevenoaks Town at home to league leaders Whitstable Town, and Edenbridge Bonfire with roads closing at 6pm, procession at 6.30pm and fireworks at 8.30pm. Sunday: Remembrance service at the Vine war memorial at 10.50am.
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Friday 6 November

  • Hever Christmas Fair, 10.30am to 3.30pm in the Guthrie Pavilion. Admission is £10 for adults and concessions, £5 for children aged 5 to 17, and £3 for Hever annual members. (Hever Castle, Christmas Fair)
  • UK Queen, a two-hour live tribute show, at the Stag at 7.30pm. (The Stag, UK Queen)

Saturday 7 November

  • Edenbridge Bonfire. Roads into the town centre close at 6pm prompt. The torchlit procession starts at around 6.30pm, and the fireworks at around 8.30pm at the Recreation Ground. The street procession is free. Tickets for the field are sold in local shops and on the night. Our effigy story has the details. (Edenbridge Bonfire Society)
  • Pride and Prejudice: The Hoedown Edition at the Stag, at 2pm and 7pm. (The Stag, Hoedown Edition)
  • Football. Sevenoaks Town are due at home to Whitstable Town, who lead the Isthmian South East Division with 30 points. The Oaks are 11th with 21 points from 14 games. They won 3-2 at Horley Town last Saturday, then lost 5-0 at Herne Bay on Tuesday. We could not confirm the kick-off from the league’s site, so check with the club. (Isthmian League, Sevenoaks Town)
  • Rugby. Sevenoaks Acorns play Chiddingstone Vets at Knole Paddock, kick-off 2pm. The club’s next listed 1st XV game is away at CS Stags on 14 November. The 1st XV have won six from six after beating London Scottish Lions 33-20. (Sevenoaks RFC, Acorns; Sevenoaks RFC, match highlights)
  • Penshurst Farmers’ Market, 9am to noon in the Penshurst Place car park, with free parking. (KFMA, Penshurst)
  • 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 opens on Saturday. It runs at weekends, then daily from 26 November to Christmas Eve, at £15.50 a child and £2.50 an adult. Our Father Christmas guide compares the others.
  • Leeds Castle fireworks. Saturday’s show is sold out, and tickets were limited for Sunday when we checked on 5 November. The estate is closed to everyone else both days. (Leeds Castle, Fireworks Spectacular)

Sunday 8 November

Our Remembrance Sunday guide has more villages and what is still unpublished.

  • Sevenoaks. The parade and service are at the Vine War Memorial. The service begins at 10.50am, led by Revd Canon Angus MacLeay. Maroons mark the start and end of the two-minute silence, so expect loud bangs. (Sevenoaks Town Council, Remembrance Service and Parade)
  • Westerham. An Act of Remembrance outside St Mary’s, The Green, from just after 10.55am, with the silence at 11am. It ends in church.
  • Edenbridge. The march leaves Leathermarket car park at 10.30am, with wreaths at the old War Memorial Hospital at 11am. Roads are closed from 10.15am to midday, and there is no parking at the old hospital. (Edenbridge Town Council, Edenbridge Remembers)
  • Tonbridge Farmers’ Market, 9.30am to 1.30pm in the Sovereign Way car park. (KFMA, Tonbridge)

At the Stag all weekend

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

  • Ghosts: The Possession of Button House (PG)
  • Wild Horse Nine (15)
  • Everest: The Other Side (12A)
  • George Michael: The Faith Tour (12A)
  • Wicker (15)

Forgotten Island (PG) is on Saturday and Sunday. A subtitled showing of Wicker is on Friday.

Plan around

Trains. Until Friday 6 November, the last train of the night to Tunbridge Wells stops at Sevenoaks, with a bus onwards. On Sunday, trains between Sevenoaks and London run as normal. Our train times page has the detail, and it matters next weekend.

Next weekend. On Saturday 14 November Sevenoaks trains run to Blackfriars. On Sunday 15 November the Charing Cross stopping trains do not run at all, and Victoria trains are extended to Sevenoaks instead.

Next week.

  • Wednesday 11 November: Armistice Day service at Greatness Cemetery, from 10.45am. The Mayor of Sevenoaks lays crosses on the war graves. (Sevenoaks Town Council, Armistice Day Service)
  • 11 to 21 November: Sevenoaks Art Club marks 125 years with its Brushworks exhibition at Kaleidoscope Gallery, during library hours. Most paintings carry a donation to Hospice in the Weald. Meet the artists on Thursday 12 November, 6pm to 7.30pm. (Sevenoaks Town Council, Brushworks)

Sources

Graphic by Sevenoaks Online.

Image: Lewes Guy Fawkes Night Celebrations (5) by Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.