2025 marks a special milestone as the Council celebrates 130 years of serving the people of Edenbridge.
It’s a great opportunity to reflect on our past achievements and initiatives that have shaped our town, as well as look ahead to continuing our service to the community.
A look back at the last 30 years
Much water has flowed under the Great Stone Bridge since Edenbridge celebrated the Centenary of its local Council in 1995, and a quarter of the 21st century has already passed. Here is a look back over 30 years in which community and Council have seen many changes.
Edenbridge Town Council Part 1: 1995 to 2005 PDF
Edenbridge Town Council Part 2: 2006 to 2015 PDF
Edenbridge Town Council Part 3: 2016 to 2025 PDF
Edenbridge Town Council : 1995 to 2005
1994/5 | Stangrove pond re-established – phase 2 landscape works
Stage one of the pond reclamation had already taken place, with residents and Council working together to clear overgrowth and silt so the feature could be restored as an open stretch of water and wildlife habitat, with an island and a graded depth. Stage two was the landscape and planting works. A detailed information painting at the pond shows the range of creatures and plants which can be found.
1998 | Edenbridge Design Statement created – updated 2000
Qualities of the environment in and around Edenbridge which residents valued were recorded in this project supported by community and Council, under the umbrella of Edenbridge Town Forum which had formed in 1994. Characteristics of building styles and design features were highlighted, from windows and doors, to types of bricks, tiles and timber – also property and estate boundaries, fencing and walls, and use of hedging and trees. It was adopted to guide and inform future planners and developers as the end of the 20th century approached. This document is still listed as a supplementary planning document for town and village design statements (though other documents are now also used).
1999-2000 | Church House/Rickards Hall refurbished – Eden Valley Museum opened
With funding from the Heritage National Lottery, a long-held dream of bringing local history items into one place in a dedicated museum was realised. Complete refurbishment of the medieval Church House, alongside Rickards Hall and courtyard, produced a multi-room showcase of life in the town and surrounding Eden Valley, dating from Roman times and beyond. Themed displays changing every year feature beside the permanent exhibits, with the work of volunteers continuing a key part of creating and stewarding this window on the past.
2000 | Mowshurst and the Millennium Wood
Once a part of Great Mowshurst Farm, the Town Council decided in 1997 to find a new use for a section of its land beyond the football pitches off Four Elms Road. Three stages of work began with restoring a large pond. Then came laying pathways around the five acre site, to serve the new woodland being added as the third stage. Around 2,000 young trees were planted, mostly of varieties native to the Weald, as “a lasting gift from one millennium to another”. Today they are well grown, and the area is maintained as natural woodland to encourage wildlife and plant habitat.
2001 | Community Appraisal – survey report published
Taking a “snapshot in time” in the summer of 2001, the Community Appraisal organised by the Town Forum was hand-delivered to 3,500 households in the parish, asking what they thought of the town then and what they wanted it to be like in future. The resulting Community View report raised issues for the future, and the question – what next? Some actions were already in hand when the report was published. Others were being investigated to make use of external funding available for improvement projects.
2002 | Community Warden – a new role
Edenbridge acquired its first Community Warden under a 50% Government funded three-year programme with Sevenoaks District Council (SDC), to provide a person in communities who would focus on the quality of the environment, and become a two-way channel of information between residents and councils, and the police. A Steering Group was formed of representatives from local organisations, including housing associations, the John Coldman Trust, SDC and the Town Council, to identify issues to address – such as fly-tipping, graffiti removal and abandoned cars. SDC continued its financial support up to 2010. Over the years the Town Council has increased its contribution to now over 50% of the running costs, and secured grant-funding, to ensure the stability of this role which is highly valued by the community.
2003 | Skate Ramps project – original all-timber structure
Facilities for young people was one of the future wishes which emerged from the Community Appraisal in 2001, and the installation of skate ramp equipment in Blossoms Park was a project which followed-up. The rising popularity of skateboarding had seen ad hoc jumps and ramps appearing in car parks as young people aimed to develop their skills. Wooden riding surface was requested in consultation, and the Town Council provided a purpose built all-in-one facility on a former tennis court at the park on Mill Hill.
2005 | Relief Road completed – opening event: Parade of Transport
Traffic queueing to get through the narrow Edenbridge High Street had long been a local complaint (as far back as the mid-1940s it was reported there was “too much traffic” and a by-pass was needed). Proposals by County and District councils came and went as time passed and costs increased, but residents’ wishes were finally fulfilled in 2005 with the completion of the Relief Road – named Mont St Aignan Way after the twin town.
The Town Council organised a formal opening event with a parade of transport through the decades. First down the new road was an ancient bicycle, followed by a stream of motor vehicles provided by local owners, ranging from vintage and classic cars, to racing cars from John Surtees’ team and a finale of big construction vehicles from the company which built the road. At the south end of town the parade turned north and passed up the High Street for more people to share the spectacle.
2005 | First FairTrade Town recognition
Gaining Fairtrade Town status was a milestone for Edenbridge, being in the first small group of five Kent communities given that recognition. The town had a Fairtrade supporting group for years previously, staging regular sales of goods fairly traded. The commitment of key businesses and organisations, including the Town Council, to use/sell Fairtrade products earned the Fairtrade Town status. The recognition was renewed five years later in 2010, and the 10th anniversary celebrated with a street party in the High Street in 2015 – by which time Fairtrade principles had become more widely accepted generally across the country.
Edenbridge Town Council : 2006 to 2015
2007/8 | Visitor destination improvements
Town Councillors’ decision to raise the profile of the town as a visitor destination led to a successful bid for Hidden Britain SE grant funding for a project to build on the area’s heritage and history and natural assets. With a well-maintained public footpath network, 10 local short walks of varying lengths were identified, including one heading east along the Eden Valley walk, and two parish boundary routes. Ten fold-out leaflets were designed, providing informative notes as well as the routes, which proved to be popular with visitors and residents alike.
Two other trails through the High Street were created with their own map leaflets, one of them particularly aimed at children. These highlighted significant buildings through the town’s history, with brief notes on their function across the centuries. In addition, there was a local villages trail.
With the closure of the Tourist Information Centre, the Town Council took over tourism for the town, as a Visitor Information Point which was established on the first floor of the Town Council offices in what was then then Council Chambers. As part of refurbishment of its Grade II Listed building, Doggetts Barn, this included installing a lift to improve access upstairs.
2007/8 | High Street refurbishment – Edenbridge 2008 project
Following the Relief Road opening, there was a Highways project to refurbish the High Street, improving road and pavement surfaces, and altering the roadside parking into a traffic-calming layout, alternating on the sides of the road. Other community development funds were sourced to upgrade the street scene, alongside the road work, under the Town Council’s Edenbridge 2008 project title.
An early phase created a water feature from a disused stream bed, the Mill Leat, at the lower end of the High Street. It had become an eyesore, an overgrown rubbish-magnet, with the odd traffic cone or shopping trolley. Co-operating with the local land-owner, the muddy channel was cleaned out down to gravel bed, revealing a collection of “finds” for the Museum to display. A new bed and banks were made with a cobbled rill, its water circulated by pump from a reservoir at one end to look like a flowing stream. Finished in 2007, the Mill Leat transformation won a regional market towns environmental award.
As the High Street works progressed, a new suite of street furniture was gradually installed, black with gold colour detailing, from signage and planters, to information lecterns, litter bins and bollards. Project funds also provided a Small Business Grants scheme for shop frontages to be refreshed, the final phase in 2008.
2009/10 | Town signs – underlining identity
Two new signs were installed this year, one at each end of the High Street to reflect the identity of the community for visitors and residents alike. One at the south end of town was in the traditional style of village signs, made in wrought iron and showing the then council logo in silhouette of a “Kent horse” backed with the Stone Bridge and hop vine leaves. It was located in the refurbished South End Riverside Gardens, complementing the old stone bridge.
The other sign at the north end of the High street is Welcome to Edenbridge in white on a black slope. It is a feature designed to be overlaid by a weatherproof display board showing the logo, name and date(s) of local orgnisations to highlight significant anniversaries or celebrations.
Four entry signs welcoming people to Edenbridge, Charter Market Town and twinned with Mont St Aignan, were installed on the main roads into the town from north, south, east and west.
2010 | Blossoms Park – landscaping and metal frame skate ramps
With the timber framework of the skate ramps affected by the elements, the Town Council gained grant funding to replace the equipment with skate ramps on metal framework, along with new fencing and landscaping in that area of Blossoms Park. It was part of a wider project to improve facilities for young people, which included upgrade of the playground on Stangrove estate and of The Pen games court at Spitals Cross, owned by the District Council.
2010/11 | Pride In Our Town
This campaign was launched to encourage people to have pride in their town, building on the success of the Community Warden role in improving the environment of the local area. As the first Warden retired after eight years, the Town Council took over employment and management of the role. The new Warden headed a group of voluntary litter pickers, keen to carry out clearance “blitzes” arranged from time to time at regular grot-spots. Suitably kitted out with high-vis, gloves and litter-pick sticks, they worked with the Warden, in an ever-growing team, and in 2015 won an award from Sevenoaks for Making a Difference in their community. Ten years later the current Warden and team are still blitzing litter.
2011 | Family Fun Days – free summer holidays activities at Stangrove Park
When provision of free summer holiday activities was withdrawn by other providers, the Town Council decided to commission a play-leading company to continue delivering sessions in Stangrove Park. Joining with other parishes in the Sevenoaks area, Edenbridge activities remained part of a wider summer programme. The Town Council funded four Thursday afternoons of Free Family Fun, attended by children and parents enjoying arts and crafts, field games and an inflatable, as well as an additional activity each week, such as a magic show, face-painting, drumming, balloon modelling, with circus skills, pad-boxing, and an obstacle course one year. The Council’s commitment to local families still continues each summer.
2012 | Stangrove Park – playground replacement
Children’s play equipment and the wooden fencing surround at this playground had become dated, and the Town Council undertook a complete refurbishment this year, in consultation with the users up to eight years old, and parents, including those with babies as future users.
The work was completed in three months, and the new playground with metal fencing was formally opened in time for Christmas, with Santa Claus in attendance.
2012 | High Street Jubilee Clock replaced
To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne, Town Councillors decided to replace the old Town Clock, which had been installed in 1935 on the former NatWest Bank building (now a nursery school) for the Silver Jubilee of King George V. It had become unreliable, and a new double-faced design was selected, with the Queen’s Jubilee marked on one side, and George V’s on the other. Renowned clockmakers Gillett and Johnston, formerly based in Croydon and known also for their bell foundry until 1957, were commissioned to make and install the clock. Their clock repair and maintenance service is still based in Fircroft Way in Edenbridge.
2013 | Winter flooding
River flooding in very wet seasons has been a feature in Edenbridge history, though less frequent since the flood defence bunds were installed in the 1980s to protect the riverside and south end of the town. The Town Council maintains an Emergency Planning Committee, comprising a team of councillors and trained volunteers, keeping a small store of basic equipment for communication and initial response to civil emergencies. The activity in recent decades has been for weather-related incidents, and the team provided support to the blue-light services, and larger councils’ response, as required – including local knowledge and on-the-ground situation updates.
The winter of 2013/14 through to February was one of these periods. Starting with an alert on Christmas Eve, which was stood down by the afternoon. Then again in the New Year, with the Council ready to support residents in roads closest to the river if necessary. A year later there was a similar pattern for winter in 2014/15, and again a New Year alert in 2016.
The flooding in 2013 damaged the bund along the rear of Cobbetts Way, and working with the Environment Agency the Town Council secured rebuilding the bund and a new pathway connecting access also from Mont St Aignan Way to the Recreation Ground. There was also new observations platforms provided in Town Field.
2014 | Speedwatch launched
Responding to on-going complaints about drivers’ speed on some roads, the Community Warden who joined the team in 2013, headed up a small team of trained volunteers to involve Edenbridge in the Speedwatch scheme. They would set-up at approved locations, and monitor drivers’ speeds, noting registrations of those driving over the speed limits, with repeat offenders receiving a letter from the Police.
2014/17 | Neighbourhood Plan Project
Planning for future development became an option for local communities, with the chance to create a Neighbourhood Plan, to fit within the planning system alongside the Local Plan framework required from larger district and borough councils for these wider areas. The Town Council decided to develop a Neighbourhood Plan and formed a steering group of community representatives from stakeholder groups to launch the process.
It began with a leaflet “Have Your Say” delivered to each household, to update residents’ views of their community and wishes for its future (nearly 15 years on from the similar 2001 survey). Key themes emerged, as a basis for a Vision for the town ahead to 2030, and then Objectives for the policies, with five focus topics: housing; local economy; environment; health/learning/wellbeing; and infrastructure.
Five voluntary topic task groups were created to explore issues and analyse needs, engaging with the community in many different ways, meeting regularly to report back and eventually formulate the policies. The draft Neighbourhood Plan was ready in October 2017, but the District Council embarked on developing a new Local Plan, and the Edenbridge project was halted pending a new Sevenoaks Local Plan against which the Neighbourhood Plan would need to be reviewed and revised.
2015 | Street light replacement programme
The Council owned and managed 249 streetlights, but many were the old concrete or steel type dating back to the 1960s and 70s. Council replaced 30 columns to a new galvanised style. This led to the Council later implementing a rolling replacement programme with the next tranche in 2018 with another 10 replaced. In 2025, there are now just 10 concrete columns and 15 older steels to replace, and upgrading the lanterns to LED continues.
Edenbridge Town Council : 2016 to 2025
2016 | Souvenir medals for the 90th birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Edenbridge Primary School children were presented with souvenir medals by the Town Council to mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
2018/19 | Market Yard – toilets improvements
Having started life many years ago as a bomb shelter within the Market Yard, the outdated public toilets building was modernised and remodelled, to reposition its entrance doors in view of the car park CCTV. The previous separate Ladies and Gents sections were replaced with three large Unisex cubicles, while the Disabled/baby-change room was retained and upgraded. Useful storage space was created at the rear of the building, and all was redecorated in brighter colours. This was funded through a CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) award from Sevenoaks District Council (SDC), and opened in autumn 2019.
2018 | Draft Sevenoaks District Local Plan
Council responded to Regulation 18 and 19 Regulations consultations and made representation at the Local Plan Hearing in September 2019. However, the Inspector paused the Hearings, to later announce that the Plan could not proceed.
2019 | Sundial relocated – from Manor Road care home grounds
While development of the Edenbridge Manor Care Home was under way, replacing the former Stangrove Lodge, it was necessary to relocate the sundial gifted by Edenbridge’s twin town that had been many years in the garden. The Town Council arranged with the Great Stone Bridge Trust to move the sundial to the Trust’s riverside garden beside the Great Stone Bridge at the River Eden, by the south end roundabout. It emerged that the sundial was made as a single piece with its base surround, but the contractor was able to help with digging out, transporting the heavy load along the Relief Road, and repositioning not far from the Town Sign.
2019 | Spitals Cross – playground refurbishment
Town Councillors had planned to replace the outdated and “tired” playground on Farmstead Drive two years earlier, but potential redevelopment of the location paused the plan waiting for definite timescale. With a District Council commitment (which owned the land) to fund future relocation of play equipment, and after consulting residents, the playground was refurbished this year, opening in time for Christmas with Santa and his elves in attendance to help celebrate.
2020-21 | Covid-19 – Co-ordinating and providing award-winning community voluntary support
As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded, the Town Council and its staff were at the heart of the local response to Lockdown and the significant changes in daily life for the community. In the first two weeks, 84 residents received direct assistance, thanks to 56 volunteers who signed up through SDC registration, along with town councillors who helped with prescription pickups, shopping, and phone support for those experiencing loneliness. This was a true reflection of Edenbridge’s strong community spirit, with more than 80 volunteers stepping up to support residents throughout the pandemic.
The Council coordinated efforts to assist vulnerable individuals until restrictions were lifted in June 2021. To minimise the risk of cross-infection, office and grounds staff worked in separate “bubbles,” ensuring that essential services continued. Social distancing signage was placed in public areas, and all meetings, including public committee sessions, moved online. The Council office remained closed to in-person visitors during this period.
Council’s 125th Anniversary passed in Lockdown, unmarked at the time, as the team co-ordinated volunteers to help vulnerable and isolating residents with access to medical supplies and shopping, liaising with the doctors’ surgery and District Council to maintain a database. Some staff and councillors carried out deliveries themselves for some people, and gave phone support to the volunteers and recipients. The response won Edenbridge an award in the subsequent Make A Difference Awards organised by Sevenoaks District Council.
2020 | Stangrove Park – Outdoor Gym installed, and Games Wall area added
Adding new equipment to Stangrove Park was a project already underway in this year when the national Lockdown was ordered. Being an outdoor activity it could proceed during the summer, and a sequence of Outdoor Gym items was installed beside the main path through the park. A Games Wall in its own enclosure was added on the other side of the path, with a single basketball post and practice area, adjacent to the all-weather sports pitch.
2020 | Edenbridge in Bloom
A gardening competition for Edenbridge residents was launched. There were three categories: best garden, hanging basket display and allotment. The competition is now in its fifth year (2025) with the categories increasing each year and now includes youth and schools group, young gardener, and strangest/unique space to create a colourful display.
Shortlisted as a finalist in UK National GO Awards
Best Procurement Delivery: Edenbridge Town Council was delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist at this year’s UK National GO Awards in the category for Best Procurement Delivery – Local Government. This is in recognition of the new Outdoor Gym and Street Snooker multi games area at Stangrove Park, which was delivered for the benefit of the community during the pandemic.
2021 | Direct management of the weekly general market, Market Yard
Community life began to return to normal, but as the weekly market operator withdrew from its agreement with the Council, no replacement could be found externally. Councillors decided to take on direct management of the Thursday Charter Market, which origins date back to King Henry III granting a Charter to the Lord of the Manor in the 13th century. Council staff set out to increase the number and variety of stalls attending, also to raise the profile of this long-established feature with signage and advertising, and social media posts. A part-time Market Officer was subsequently appointed in 2022 to focus on the activity.
2021 | Edenbridge Character Area Assessment
In March 2021, Sevenoaks District Council adopted this supplementary planning document, with input from the Council in shaping its content. The document aims to identify locally distinctive features that contribute to the area’s character, provide guidance on enhancing public spaces, and inform future development. It serves as a key resource in preserving and improving the local environment.
2021 | Visitor website: www.visitedenbridge.com
Launched in May 2021, a new, modern, and user-friendly tourism website was introduced to serve as a central hub for visitor information in and around Edenbridge. Designed to benefit both residents and businesses, the site makes it easy to explore local attractions, activities, countryside, walking routes, and historical sites. It replaced the old Eden Valley Kent website, offering a more accessible and comprehensive resource for discovering the area.
2021-22 | Small extension to skate ramps, Blossoms Park
Residents’ requests for a separate “beginners” section of ramps and a grind box, prompted councillors to decide to add a short course of lower banks and slopes, and a grind box, at the rear of the existing facility. This was designed to give younger/smaller skateboarders (and others inexperienced) their own space to develop skills and confidence, kept apart from older/larger/more experienced riders on the original all-in-one unit.
2022 | Jubilee Beacon installed – Stangrove Park
As Britain prepared to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, including a co-ordinated chain of beacons to be lit across the nation, Town Councillors decided to remedy the absence of a beacon feature in Edenbridge. The higher section of open space in Stangrove Park was chosen, and local craftspeople were commissioned to create the fire basket, and the shield plate decoration for the top of the sturdy timber support post.
Residents were invited to bring a picnic to the site along with rugs and chairs, flags and hats provided, to celebrate with music, including the Town Band, which was also ready to play the National Anthem ahead of the Beacon Lighting ceremony as the daylight faded.
2022 | New post – Communications Officer
This role was created to strengthen Council transparency and community engagement, recognising the increasing importance of technology and social media for communication. It also focuses on developing the Council’s branding, public relations, and overall communication strategy to keep residents informed and involved.
2022 | Games Club for over 55s
A new games club was established to help residents following the pandemic with reintegration to help reduce loneliness and isolation, improve mental wellbeing and give people something to look forward to. The club is thriving and still runs on Monday mornings 10am to midday.
2022 | Recreation Ground – playground refurbishment
Plans to update the children’s playground at the Recreation Ground off Lingfield Road were brought forward as repairs to the existing play equipment became unviable, with parts becoming obsolete. After consulting users, the chosen design provided two separate age-group sections, 0-5 and up-to 12s in a fenced enclosure, extended outside with equipment intended for teenage users, including a zip-wire ride. The project also took the opportunity to lay down a path from the west car park to access the play area, where grass surface had at times previously hindered access for pushchairs, mobility scooters and wheelchairs.
The formal opening took place in June, in time for the summer holidays, with an “explorers” theme in keeping with the design of the equipment for the youngest age-group, complete with a giraffe and a dinosaur in attendance.
2022 | Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Accession of King Charles III
Town Councillors and staff led the community in mourning the death of a monarch who had seemed such a fixture in national life, reigning longer than even Queen Victoria. The Council sent a letter of condolence to the new King Charles III, and a Book of Condolence was opened for residents to sign. Routine business of local and national governance was suspended as 10 days of mourning protocols were observed, flags were lowered, then raised again, and proclamations read. For those who had lived all their lives as Elizabethans, a new era had begun.
2023 | Coronation of Charles III – Community Big Lunch
Local celebrations of the 6 May Coronation of King Charles III included a Big Lunch event provided by the Council. Originally planned to take place at Stangrove Park, the early season date and soggy ground conditions required “Plan B” re-location to the Recreation Ground. Residents enjoyed an afternoon featuring a variety of food stalls, rides, games, and live music, to follow on from the national pageantry of the previous day.
2023 | Town twinning – 50th anniversary
Fifty years of friendship with the people of the town’s French “twin” was also marked in May, with a weekend hosting visitors from Mont St Aignan. Permanent reminder of the half-century of French connection remains with a small garden of golden anniversary roses and stone plaque, installed beside the foot of the tower at the west end of St Peter and Paul parish church. The long-serving Edenbridge Twinning Association committee retired, and by the autumn a new group keen to continue the link had formed to prepare a programme for the future.
Edenbridge was officially twinned with Mont-Saint-Aignan, a town near Rouen, in 1973 when Britain joined the European Union. The partnership strengthened through annual exchange visits organised by the Twinning Association’s joint committees, fostering lasting personal friendships as families took turns hosting visitors from the twin town.
Over the years, many civic gifts were exchanged, including trees, street signs, ceramics, artwork, and flags. To mark the 40th anniversary in 2013, Mont-Saint-Aignan provided a directional sign indicating the distance between the two communities – just 125 miles as the crow flies. The sign, featuring both national flags, is mounted on the High Street side of the Relief Road (named after Mont-Saint-Aignan), near the pedestrian crossing at Stangrove Road.
2023 | IT and computer equipment upgrade
The Town Council has moved from on-premises server and desktop computing systems to fully encompassing cloud-based with Microsoft 365, SharePoint and UK compliant cloud-based storage. This ensuing safe, secure and useful ways of using and sharing information and providing security.
2023/24 new draft Local Plan
The Council actively participated in the Regulation 18 consultation on the Local Plan to 2040, submitting a formal response and ensuring the community had opportunities to review and understand the proposals. To strengthen its representations and advocate for the community’s best interests, the Council also engaged a planning consultant for expert guidance.
2024 | First public EV charging points provided – Market Yard car park
Taking advantage of a Kent-wide funding source, Edenbridge successfully applied to install the first public access electric vehicle charging points in the town – in Market Yard car park. These were placed on the east side of the site, after a delay caused by the popularity of the funding scheme across the county.
2024 | D-Day celebrations – 5/6 June
Eighty years on from this key event of World War II, the Town Council organised a traditional afternoon tea in Doggetts courtyard for invited senior residents, supported by West Kent Housing. With red, white, and blue, decorations and bunting and music from the war years including a “Swing” singer, the event brought back a flavour of the time. Next day the Council staged a themed picnic party in Stangrove Park, again with 1940s music, and the Town Band in attendance. Families and friends brought their chairs and refreshments to encircle Stangrove Park, to remember the date and watch the Beacon lighting as the day came to a close.
2024 | New Strategy Plan and Objectives
Building on the Council’s Forward Plan for local projects and infrastructure needs, the Council developed a comprehensive strategy and objectives document. This plan outlines key priorities for the Council’s term, aligning with community aspirations. It sets both realistic goals and long-term ambitions, along with strategies for achieving them.
2025 | Archway access to Market Yard car park
To help highlight the presence of the Thursday Market, the Town Council is installing a stylish metal archway over the pedestrian access from the High Street into the Market Yard car park. Removable bollards are also part of the scheme, so that the short driveway can be utilised for additional market or event space when necessary, where parking is not permitted. This is being funded via a grant from UK Prosperity Fund secured by Sevenoaks District Council.
2025 | Walks leaflet reviewed, rewritten and updated
Eden Valley walks in and around Edenbridge have each been remapped and 10 new leaflets produced with digital versions.
2025 | Town gateways
As part of the Highways Improvement Plan (HIP) for Edenbridge, two new white gateway signs, traditionally used to mark the entrance to rural towns and villages, have been installed on Main Road (north entrance) and Crouch House Road (before the railway bridge). These signs highlight Edenbridge’s historic Charter Market status and its twinning with Mont-Saint-Aignan.