Spotlight

What’s on this weekend in Kent?5 Cool Things To Do this Weekend - that are all about YOU! Floral workshops, free wine tasting, a hormone-health Revive Day and an exciting wellbeing FLOW Yoga Open Day ... It's all going on in our 'hood this weekend.
Open Day round-up!School searching? We've done a round-up of some of the best local schools we have reviewed so far on Muddy. Single line please...
Superflashy newsflash! Have you heard?Pssst! The latest, greatest happenings in Kent from new openings, supper clubs galore to exciting collabs and last-minute stays.
Clink! It’s the Muddy Awards drinks!You did it, they did it, we all did it! We all voted for our favourite local businesses in Kent and after a fierce competition, it was time to celebrate. Pop the cork and cue the cocktails!
Part I: Where to live for the best schools in KentThinking of your family's next move? Look no further. We've brought together our Best Schools Guide and best places to live knowledge to narrow down top education hotspots...

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I'm Ali, editor of Muddy Kent, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable in the area.

Gotta Have It

A limited edition, this wine is perfect for collectors, or to give as a special gift. Meet the UK's highest sugar content sweet wine, Biddenden Vineyards have really sweetened the deal with their new release!

Gotta have it

The results are in! Meet your Muddy Awards 2021 winners

Thanks to everyone who took part this year, and helped celebrate the most awesome indie businesses across 25 counties.

View Our Winners

Eat

Muddy Reviews: The Rose Inn, Wickhambreaux

We may have found our new favourite pub in Kent with quintessential English vibes set in a picture-perfect location deep in the Kentish countryside. Shall we?
- 38 brill outside dining spots
  
  Stretch out the late summer days with a simple lunch in a beautiful spot. We’ve share the pubs, restaurants, cafes and gardens in Kent where the food is yum and the views are wow!
- Muddy Reviews: Unita 4
  
  We brought out our inner Italian ‘Nonna’ with a hands-on artisanal pasta making lesson at Unita 4, a new authentic Italian restaurant that has recently arrived in Ashford…

Culture

Feet up! What to watch on TV this week

Don’t miss our weekly round-up of the best things on the box. Iconic panel show reboots, big-budget sci-fi, and a cheeky little baking competition… here’s what to watch this week.
- New TV alert! 6 shiny things dropping this week
  
  We’re getting into prime autumn telly season, with three — count them, three! — hotly-awaited series returns this week. Read all about them (as well as the other shiny new releases) here…
- 5 things you won’t want to miss on TV this week
  
  Channel 4’s making history, Colin Farrell stars in the BBC’s bleak new period drama, Anya Taylor-Joy comes of age in Ireland, and more. Muddy’s got the inside-line on unmissable telly this week.

Little Black Book

Want to support local? Our curated pick of the most creative, unique and brilliant businesses near you.

Malthouse Theatre, Canterbury

Papermakers Arms, Sevenoaks

Camden Villa Hair, Sissinghurst

The View, Folkestone

SMOQE, Rochester

Heathfields, Keston

Nomad Pizza, Whitstable

Biddenden Vineyards

Kent Cottage Holidays, Whitstable

Kent Cookery School, Ashford

Baking You Better, Sheldwich Lees

Unita 4, Ashford

Travel

65 paw-fect dog-friendly stays

Have pooch, will travel? Here are 65 stays across the Muddy counties that are all Fido-friendly from stunning stately homes to rural cottage staycations.
- The Muddy insider guide to Norfolk
  
  Stunning beaches, beautiful broads and bijou boltholes plus a vibrant capital city – Norfolk is one of our favourite year-round staycation destinations. Ready to ‘Do Different’?
- Insider Guide: Canterbury
  
  Perfect for culture vultures, food fanatics, shoppers and families – here’s the top things to do whether you’re capering around those cobbled streets or relaxing on the river…

Home

Let’s All Live Here!

Thinking about upping sticks? In our regular report, we snoop around one of the hidden property hotspots in the Muddy ‘hood to get the local lowdown. Introducing Goudhurst!
- Interior Swoon: Lenleys
  
  If you are looking for an interior refresh, we can recommend a little jaunt to Lenleys in Canterbury PLUS there’s a sale on! Stampede!
- AUGUST: Garden Goddess
  
  Gardenscape provides our latest monthly lowdown on what we should be doing in the garden to make it picture-perfect this summer. It’s mostly sun and games, but there’s a little bit of work to do, too…
- Water fun with Paddle Cabin!
  
  Calling all explorers! Tick this off your summer bucket list and try a SUP (Stand Up Paddleboarding) session with new watersport venture, Paddle Cabin in East Peckham.
- Spa Day: Green Farm
  
  In need of some me-time, spa treatments or a luxury break away? Say hello, how are you and pass me that fluffy towel to Green Farm Kent.

Life

Back in the office? We’re here to help!

Feeling unprepared to head back to the office after a year WFH? Muddy to the rescue with eight essential Do’s and Don’ts (and yes, you will have to change out of sweatpants).
- Dover College Prep
  
  A small, nurturing school rich in tradition but with modern ambitions and currently undergoing a huge investment in facilities and teaching. Yes, Dover College is definitely one to watch.
- Review: Rochester Independent College
  
  A real alternative to traditional schools – with no uniform and pupils on first name terms with teachers – Rochester Independent College is a breath of fresh air.

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Fashion

Stack it up!

Why settle with one ring, when you can have three? Feast your eyes on these stacking rings from contemporary Kent jeweller The Diamond Setter.
- All that glitters! Bonkers sequin tote bags
  
  Time to get some sparkle back in our lives. First step: this Anya Hindmarch bag. Even if it’s just to salivate over…
- Best swimwear for 2021
  
  Nothing says summer like new swimwear. Who cares if it’s the Med or the back garden, it’s time to splash out. Whether it’s eco, floral, striped, shaping, nautical or sporty, we’ve found your perfect bikini or swimsuit.
- Bye Bye Wrinkles…
  
  Fancy taking 10 years off your face? I reckon I may have found just the person to do it. Enter skin expert extraordinaire, Ellie Hoskin, and her team from Skin & Beauty Clinic in Tenterden…
- Can Haringtons tame the Muddy mane?
  
  Fly-away hair with lots of grey? Not just me then… The challenge for award-winning hairdresser and colourist Barry was to create a style that will still look good a week later

People

Grace Regan: My Favourite Places

Introducing the awesomely cool, gorgeous and talented chef Grace Regan – owner of critically acclaimed London curry house, Spicebox, who lives in Margate. To celebrate her delicious vegan cookbook we got Grace to tell us her fave places to hang out locally.
- Muddy talks parenting with Lorraine Candy
  
  “All teenage girls think their mums are a bit rubbish”. Journalist and mother of four Lorraine Candy talks parenting, moody teens and motherhood with Muddy.
- Meet the makers part two: your local Indie Store heroes
  
  As we step back into the real world, it’s more important than ever to support local. In the second part of our Meet the Maker series, we talk to eight of our Indie Store businesses to find out what makes them special.