Enjoy Winter in Maidstone

50 Great Things To Do in Maidstone in Winter

Don't stop enjoying life just because its winter.  Make it sparkle. Here in Maidstone you will find adventure, creativity, fun, flavour and excitement. Come and join in.

1. Have afternoon tea at the Chilston Park Hotel by the fire.

2. Take an electric bike tour and stop for a pub lunch, great exercise and on quiet lanes.

3. Take time walking through the water gardens at Leeds Castle, listen to the stream and watch the wildfowl.

4. Enjoy a Spa Day at the Delta by Marriott Tudor Park Hotel

5. Kick your way through the leaves in Mote Park

6. Bottle feed the lambs at Kent Life

7. Go bouncing at Gravity in Lockmeadow

8. Enjoy a tour The Maidstone Distillery.

9. Take an Art Class at this Art of Mine

10. Head to a party night at Village Hotel and book a stay!

11. Treat yourself to a Murder Mystery Night at Leeds Castle

12. Take a walk along the River Medway, there may be some surprising wildlife along the way.

13. Get coffee at the Little Old Toll House and enjoy winter by the lock.

14. Explore Cobtree Manor Park’s Sculpture trail.

15. Snuggle into the reclining seats at the Odeon Luxe Cinema and watch the latest blockbuster.

16. Go watch some sport with the big crowd on the big screen at Ballin.

17. Walk around this town’s self-guided history tour, find out about mad priests, witches’ and Maidstone’s part of the Peasants Revolt.

18. Listen to live music at The Musket Brewery and enjoy a craft beer pint.

19. Book a bowling lane a Hollywood Bowl and enjoy with friends, popcorn and chips.

20. Go with friends to Prison Escape, will anyone get a lock in?

21. Test yourself on the Climbing Wall, loved by families and feel that core.

22. Book an archery experience at Maidstone Leisure Centre, great for all ages.

23. Book a spa day and stay at the Orida Hotel and take an afternoon walk through Vinters Park opposite.

24. Visit the Birds of Prey at Leeds Castle and see admire their winter plumage.

25. Challenge yourself at Go Ape Leeds Castle, climb the rope ladder and speed along the longest zip wire across the valley.

26. Buy a bag of local apples from Farmers farm shop, take them home and inhale the scent of them, they are nothing like your supermarket buy.

27. Try a wine tasting at Frederic’s on a Saturday afternoon.  Take a bottle home and finish it!

28. Put on your books and walk amongst the sleeping vines at Balfour Winery and book a tour.

29. Discover locally made fruit juices at Biddenden Vineyards, these are pressed and bottled on site.  The wines are good too.

30. Visit Buttercups Goat Sanctuary but make sure you smile as research has shown that this makes the goats happy. (Hard not as they are very cute.)

31. Join a workshop at The Maidstone Distillery and flavour your own gin.

32. Discover new places with one of the regular walks from train stations with Kent Community Rail Partnership.

33. Meet the escape room challenge of the Extraction Room, be ready to get on your knees.

34. A little luxury place for two at the Grape Escape, a tiny cottage with a great wood fired hot tub.

35. Join a local crowd of foodies at Love Food in Lockmeadow – the challenge is the range and choice but with a great local reputation for tantalising the tastebuds.

36. Head out to the beautiful location of Weald of Kent Golf Club and Hotel for a round of golf and stay for lunch or the whole weekend.

37. Crazy golf is always good for a laugh, because the ball never goes where you think.  Check out Urban Golf at Lockmeadow.  Perfect on a wet day.

38. The Escape Hub in the Royal Star Arcade offers some exciting rooms but first have a light lunch at Eden Café and try the homemade soup and roll.  Lovely!  Warms your heart.

39. Snuggle into the Ivy House Café for hot drinks and homemade cake.

40. Check out the amazing history of Queens’ at Leeds Castle and wander through the 1920’s style rooms, as they were in Lady Ballie’s day, when Hollywood actors from the silver screen loved to stay here.

41. Going first class – enjoy a glass of Balfour Brut and a cheese, fish or charcuterie platter at Balfour Winery.

42. Switch to a different life.  Book a stay at Leeds Castle.  It is not everyone who stays in a castle and has it to themselves when the visitors go home!

43. Stop by Dotty’s Tea Rooms at Kent Life, enjoy tea in this vintage café with Victoria Sandwich or chocolate brownie, or coffee cake, or banana bread or… actually they are all good.

44. Up your skills and try SUP, canoeing or sailing at Mote Park Water Sports Centre. You are going to look cool on holiday because you can do this!

45. Book afternoon tea at The Orida Hotel which is perfect after a little out of town shopping in the huge Next and Marks and Spencer’s next door.

46. Book a day pottery day on the clay wheels at This Art of Mine, make something unique and truly yours.

47. Check out the Hazlitt Theatre shows, there is comedy, theatre, dance, music and much more besides.

48. Come and join the local community for our winter events programme, for Luna New Year, Winter light show.

49. In a long cold winter what could be lovelier than a Spa Day.  Pamper packs are available at the Pavo Spa at the Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel. Book a stay too and a nice dinner. Just what you need.

50. Do a half day hire on an electric bike and then head to the atmospheric Holding Point Café. The café is full of WWII memorabilia from the pilots who flew from here during the Battle of Britain and the food is simple and good.

Don't forget to bring your camera, there will be instagramable moments and there will be beauty, be it misty mornings, or crystal clear days or simple but amazing reflections.