Cultural escapes in Kent

Looking for a cultural escape to spark the creativity of your team and fire your next campaign. Browse our cultural and creative listings for Kentish inspiration and prepare to unleash your company’s potential.

From Tracey Emin to JMW Turner, Anthony Gormley to Yoko Ono, Billy Childish to The Libertines, Kent has long provided the perfect canvas for artistic expression – and is home to a growing number of creative venues and experience businesses too.

For managers looking to book their meetings, away days and team building days in Kent, there are lots of options available here, providing the right setting or added extra to help those important ideas to flow.

From the thrill of the scenic railway, ice creams and candy floss at the iconic Dreamland Margate to the beautifully restored Eastgate House in Rochester, the inspiration for Charles Dickens’ final novel and a good starting point for costumed guided tours courtesy of Mrs Baker’s Theatre Company.

If you’d like to try puppetry, musical performance and printmaking, pottery, weaving baskets to name a few Kent is the place, providing your employees with a fun new skill to add to their CV – and future gifts galore.

Cowshed Workshop offers a range of creative courses - from sculpting with willow to designing ceramics. Local artists and makers will bring out your team’s creative spark and untapped talents. You’ll just need to find it first, tucked away down country lanes at the heart of the Weald.

Capture Kent, finally, provides the bigger picture for corporate clients, mixing a photography masterclass with lunch, local history and stunning walks through some of the county’s most iconic locations – from the White Cliffs of Dover and the shifting sands of Margate to the winding lanes of Canterbury and the gorgeous Victoriana of Dickensian Medway.

Explore more cultural and creative experiences here.