Excursion

Thursday 11 July: Excursion to East Kent

Each participant booked on the excursion will need to sign up at registration for themselves and any booked guests to travel in one of three 53-seater coaches (Coach A, Coach B, and Coach C, all provided by DJ Coaches of Gravesend). Each coach goes to the same historic sites but in a different order as only one coach can be admitted each hour on the half hour to Dover Castle: Coach A - 11.30; Coach B - 12.30; Coach C - 13.30. You will be provided with an itinerary for the specific coach you sign up for, including the pick-up point, and you must travel with that coach for the whole excursion. We will check each person on and off their coach at each destination.  

Departure, University of Kent (9.00 - Coaches A and B; 10.00 - Coach C)

Morning visits will comprise: Reculver Church and Roman Fort; Temple Church, Dover; and Dover Castle. The order and timings of the visits will vary according to which coach you are travelling on.

Reculver and Dover Temple Church are open access sites, but Dover Castle (managed by English Heritage) has controlled and paid entry (the excursion fee includes the admission charge but not lunch, which you can buy at the Castle café)

16.00-17.00: Bishopsbourne Parish Church, including memorial to its rector Richard Hooker

Excursion Lecture: Norman Doe, University of Cardiff, UK

‘Richard Hooker (1554-1600) – Canonist and Civilian’

Moderator: William Adam, Canterbury Cathedral Chapter, UK.

17.30-19.30: Coaches A and B go to ‘The Black Robin Inn’ at Kingston and Coach C to ‘The King’s Arms’ Pub at Elham for a buffet supper (included in the excursion fee along with your first drink, either beer, wine or a non-alcoholic drink). Coaches then return to the university.