October 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
There have only been three previous triple by-elections this century. Last October all three independent Maidstone councillors for Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs ward resigned over massive garden village development plans for the area. Reform UK gained all three seats.
October 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
There have only been three previous triple by-elections this century. Last October all three independent Maidstone councillors for Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs ward resigned over massive garden village development plans for the area. Reform UK gained all three seats.
Ever wondered what it's like to be a councillor? 🤔 Our #ADayintheLife series gives you a sneak peek into the daily work of local councillors! This week, Cllr Mariela Nedelcheva from Harrietsham Lenham and North Downs Ward shares her day with us #MaidstoneBoroughCouncil
September 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Ever wondered what it's like to be a councillor? 🤔 Our #ADayintheLife series gives you a sneak peek into the daily work of local councillors! This week, Cllr Mariela Nedelcheva from Harrietsham Lenham and North Downs Ward shares her day with us #MaidstoneBoroughCouncil
It’s Harrietsham Parish Council. The ward Councillors are all Reform.
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s Harrietsham Parish Council. The ward Councillors are all Reform.
Teenage girl, 19, stabbed her cousin's boyfriend in 'an act of anger and aggression' after being 'wound up into a murderous rage', murder trial hears. Via @dailymail
Teenage girl, 19, stabbed her cousin's boyfriend in 'an act of anger'
Paige Poulton, then 19, was said to have been 'quarreling' with Jack Cadwallader at a flat in Harrietsham, Kent in the early hours of July 2.
www.dailymail.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Teenage girl, 19, stabbed her cousin's boyfriend in 'an act of anger and aggression' after being 'wound up into a murderous rage', murder trial hears. Via @dailymail
Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs, MAIDSTONE DC;
REF GAIN from IND
➡️ R, 1228
➡️ R,, 1226
➡️ R, 1153
🟢 G, 459
🟢 G, 452
🟢 G, 430
🔵 C, 342
🔵 C, 285
🔶 LDM, 236
🔵 C, 234
🔶 LDM, 156
🔶 LDM, 123
🏘️ Her, 97
💁♂️ Ind, 74
💁♂️ Ind, 69
Thanks to the 🔶 team.
REF GAIN from IND
➡️ R, 1228
➡️ R,, 1226
➡️ R, 1153
🟢 G, 459
🟢 G, 452
🟢 G, 430
🔵 C, 342
🔵 C, 285
🔶 LDM, 236
🔵 C, 234
🔶 LDM, 156
🔶 LDM, 123
🏘️ Her, 97
💁♂️ Ind, 74
💁♂️ Ind, 69
Thanks to the 🔶 team.
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs, MAIDSTONE DC;
REF GAIN from IND
➡️ R, 1228
➡️ R,, 1226
➡️ R, 1153
🟢 G, 459
🟢 G, 452
🟢 G, 430
🔵 C, 342
🔵 C, 285
🔶 LDM, 236
🔵 C, 234
🔶 LDM, 156
🔶 LDM, 123
🏘️ Her, 97
💁♂️ Ind, 74
💁♂️ Ind, 69
Thanks to the 🔶 team.
REF GAIN from IND
➡️ R, 1228
➡️ R,, 1226
➡️ R, 1153
🟢 G, 459
🟢 G, 452
🟢 G, 430
🔵 C, 342
🔵 C, 285
🔶 LDM, 236
🔵 C, 234
🔶 LDM, 156
🔶 LDM, 123
🏘️ Her, 97
💁♂️ Ind, 74
💁♂️ Ind, 69
Thanks to the 🔶 team.
South East Water to FINALLY turn on taps to thousands of homes as firm issues grovelling apology
South East Water (SEW) has stated that water has been restored to the majority of homes in Kent after over a week of disruption. Up to 30,000 homes have been left without water across Kent and Sussex…
South East Water (SEW) has stated that water has been restored to the majority of homes in Kent after over a week of disruption. Up to 30,000 homes have been left without water across Kent and Sussex…
South East Water to FINALLY turn on taps to thousands of homes as firm issues grovelling apology
South East Water (SEW) has stated that water has been restored to the majority of homes in Kent after over a week of disruption. Up to 30,000 homes have been left without water across Kent and Sussex throughout the scandal, which began on January 10, due to burst pipes and power cuts caused by Storm Goretti. SEW confirmed on Sunday evening that running water had now returned to the majority of the 4,500 homes in Harrietsham and Kingswood that were still without running water supply.
planetreporthub.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 AM
South East Water to FINALLY turn on taps to thousands of homes as firm issues grovelling apology
South East Water (SEW) has stated that water has been restored to the majority of homes in Kent after over a week of disruption. Up to 30,000 homes have been left without water across Kent and Sussex…
South East Water (SEW) has stated that water has been restored to the majority of homes in Kent after over a week of disruption. Up to 30,000 homes have been left without water across Kent and Sussex…
I took ShinyBike out for a very enjoyable ride in the countryside around Harrietsham today. Saw lots of animals in and above the fields, and lots of crops nearing harvest time 🌾🌾🌾🌾
June 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I took ShinyBike out for a very enjoyable ride in the countryside around Harrietsham today. Saw lots of animals in and above the fields, and lots of crops nearing harvest time 🌾🌾🌾🌾
❗ Reform GAIN from Independent
Last week's Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs (Maidstone) council by-election result:
REF: 50.4% (+38.8)
GRN: 18.8% (+18.8)
CON: 14.0% (-2.6)
LDEM: 9.7% (+9.7)
HP: 4.0% (+4.0)
IND(s): 3.0% (-54.8)
No Lab (-13.9) as prev.
+/- 2024
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Last week's Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs (Maidstone) council by-election result:
REF: 50.4% (+38.8)
GRN: 18.8% (+18.8)
CON: 14.0% (-2.6)
LDEM: 9.7% (+9.7)
HP: 4.0% (+4.0)
IND(s): 3.0% (-54.8)
No Lab (-13.9) as prev.
+/- 2024
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
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October 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
❗ Reform GAIN from Independent
Last week's Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs (Maidstone) council by-election result:
REF: 50.4% (+38.8)
GRN: 18.8% (+18.8)
CON: 14.0% (-2.6)
LDEM: 9.7% (+9.7)
HP: 4.0% (+4.0)
IND(s): 3.0% (-54.8)
No Lab (-13.9) as prev.
+/- 2024
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Last week's Harrietsham, Lenham and North Downs (Maidstone) council by-election result:
REF: 50.4% (+38.8)
GRN: 18.8% (+18.8)
CON: 14.0% (-2.6)
LDEM: 9.7% (+9.7)
HP: 4.0% (+4.0)
IND(s): 3.0% (-54.8)
No Lab (-13.9) as prev.
+/- 2024
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Services in Kent resume after major improvements https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/06/services-in-kent-resume-after-major-improvements.html #ashford #AshfordInternational #bearsted #BoroughGreenAndWrotham #charing #harrietsham #lenham #maidstone #MaidstoneEast
Services in Kent resume after major improvements
Network Rail has thanked passengers for their patience as services resume, following the completion of a major nine-day programme of engineering work on the line between Ashford International, Maidstone East, and Borough Green and Wrotham, which finished on Sunday night.
www.railadvent.co.uk
June 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Services in Kent resume after major improvements https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2026/06/services-in-kent-resume-after-major-improvements.html #ashford #AshfordInternational #bearsted #BoroughGreenAndWrotham #charing #harrietsham #lenham #maidstone #MaidstoneEast
Same in Kent... then they accidentally also cancelled Xmas
BBC News - Village told to remove flags for Christmas lights
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Village told to remove flags for Christmas lights
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights
Harrietsham Parish Council says the county council condition means the lights may not be installed.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Same in Kent... then they accidentally also cancelled Xmas
BBC News - Village told to remove flags for Christmas lights
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Village told to remove flags for Christmas lights
www.bbc.com/news/article...
⛳ We'd like to give a big thank you to the Weald of Kent Golf Club who are taking on our Bluebell Walk this weekend.
Lesley Cleary and her husband are both captains of the club and they are teaming up with players to take on the stunning six mile route around Harrietsham on Sunday.
Lesley Cleary and her husband are both captains of the club and they are teaming up with players to take on the stunning six mile route around Harrietsham on Sunday.
May 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
⛳ We'd like to give a big thank you to the Weald of Kent Golf Club who are taking on our Bluebell Walk this weekend.
Lesley Cleary and her husband are both captains of the club and they are teaming up with players to take on the stunning six mile route around Harrietsham on Sunday.
Lesley Cleary and her husband are both captains of the club and they are teaming up with players to take on the stunning six mile route around Harrietsham on Sunday.
Our annual Bluebell Walk will take place on Sunday 4 May in Harrietsham and this year a team of dedicated colleagues from the Hospice Community Services Team will be taking on the six-mile route.
Read more: www.hokh.org/hospice-coll...
#bluebellwalk #harrietsham #heartofkenthospice #hospice
Read more: www.hokh.org/hospice-coll...
#bluebellwalk #harrietsham #heartofkenthospice #hospice
April 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our annual Bluebell Walk will take place on Sunday 4 May in Harrietsham and this year a team of dedicated colleagues from the Hospice Community Services Team will be taking on the six-mile route.
Read more: www.hokh.org/hospice-coll...
#bluebellwalk #harrietsham #heartofkenthospice #hospice
Read more: www.hokh.org/hospice-coll...
#bluebellwalk #harrietsham #heartofkenthospice #hospice
🪻 Walk with us on 4 May! Join our sponsored Bluebell Walk, enjoy stunning nature, and raise vital funds for Heart of Kent Hospice. 🌿🐾
🐶 Dog-friendly routes—bring your pup!
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
🐶 Dog-friendly routes—bring your pup!
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
April 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🪻 Walk with us on 4 May! Join our sponsored Bluebell Walk, enjoy stunning nature, and raise vital funds for Heart of Kent Hospice. 🌿🐾
🐶 Dog-friendly routes—bring your pup!
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
🐶 Dog-friendly routes—bring your pup!
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
🪻 Just 1 month to go until our Bluebell Walk! There's still time to join us for a beautiful walk in nature while raising vital funds for Heart of Kent Hospice.
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up now: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
#BluebellWalk #CharityWalk #Kent
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up now: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
#BluebellWalk #CharityWalk #Kent
April 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🪻 Just 1 month to go until our Bluebell Walk! There's still time to join us for a beautiful walk in nature while raising vital funds for Heart of Kent Hospice.
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up now: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
#BluebellWalk #CharityWalk #Kent
📅 4 May | 📍 Harrietsham, ME17 1BS
🔗 Sign up now: www.hokh.org/event/bluebe...
#BluebellWalk #CharityWalk #Kent
#KentCountyCouncil are passing the buck (and cost) of removing items that are placed on lampposts in contravention of the Highways Act onto parish council volunteers.
#KentCC #KCC
#Harrietsham #Flagshaggers
#Kent #ReformUK Ltd.
#KentCC #KCC
#Harrietsham #Flagshaggers
#Kent #ReformUK Ltd.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#KentCountyCouncil are passing the buck (and cost) of removing items that are placed on lampposts in contravention of the Highways Act onto parish council volunteers.
#KentCC #KCC
#Harrietsham #Flagshaggers
#Kent #ReformUK Ltd.
#KentCC #KCC
#Harrietsham #Flagshaggers
#Kent #ReformUK Ltd.
Water returned to last Kent homes after latest outage, South East Water says
Water has been restored to all properties after another outage in Kent over the weekend, South East Water has said.
Water has been restored to all properties after another outage in Kent over the weekend, South East Water has said.
Water returned to last 500 homes in Harrietsham after latest outage, South East Water says
South East Water incident manager Matthew Dean added water stations were still in place as a precaution, and said "once again, we're sorry to any customers affected by the supply issues".
news.sky.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Water returned to last Kent homes after latest outage, South East Water says
Water has been restored to all properties after another outage in Kent over the weekend, South East Water has said.
Water has been restored to all properties after another outage in Kent over the weekend, South East Water has said.
‘Beyond ironic’: Reform-led council says flags must come down so Christmas lights can go up
‘Beyond ironic’: Reform-led council says flags must come down so Christmas lights can go up
Kent county council says union flags and flags of St George must come off street lights because of safety concerns
A Reform-led council has ruled that union and St George’s flags must come down in order for a village’s traditional Christmas lights to go ahead, in a decision described as “beyond ironic”.
Harrietsham parish council was told by Kent county council – whose leader once vowed not to remove flags put up “unilaterally by the people of Kent” – that flags must come down from street lights before festive lights go up because of safety concerns. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
‘Beyond ironic’: Reform-led council says flags must come down so Christmas lights can go up
Harrietsham Village in Kent told to remove flags for Christmas lights, but locals are angry because they’d rather have cheap, shitty, weathered flags hang limply from cable ties than nice Xmas lights
Bet they’ll say “it’s unpatriotic and unchristian to remove our flags and put up Xmas decorations”🙄
Bet they’ll say “it’s unpatriotic and unchristian to remove our flags and put up Xmas decorations”🙄
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights
Harrietsham Parish Council says the county council condition means the lights may not be installed.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Harrietsham Village in Kent told to remove flags for Christmas lights, but locals are angry because they’d rather have cheap, shitty, weathered flags hang limply from cable ties than nice Xmas lights
Bet they’ll say “it’s unpatriotic and unchristian to remove our flags and put up Xmas decorations”🙄
Bet they’ll say “it’s unpatriotic and unchristian to remove our flags and put up Xmas decorations”🙄
Meanwhile in Kent... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent council tells village to remove flags for Christmas lights
Harrietsham Parish Council says the county council condition means the lights may not be installed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Meanwhile in Kent... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
April 24, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Maidstone to Harrietsham via Otham, another bright &breezy day in Kent
April 26
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#Spring
April 26
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#Spring
April 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Maidstone to Harrietsham via Otham, another bright &breezy day in Kent
April 26
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#Spring
April 26
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#Spring
March 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
A beautiful sunny Saturday (25th January) on The North Downs Way, Lenham to Thurnham in Kent, via Harrietsham.
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January 2025
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January 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A beautiful sunny Saturday (25th January) on The North Downs Way, Lenham to Thurnham in Kent, via Harrietsham.
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@stormhour.bsky.social
January 2025
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January 2025