Ashford, Get Active!

Here, you will find a list of events in the borough designed to help residents get up and about, as well as a list of events at our award-winning leisure centres in the borough, including The Stour Centre, The Julie Rose Stadium and Tenterden Leisure Centre. 

All of these activities are FREE and have been funded by government grant funding! For all other activities within the borough, please visit Active Ashford's website.

Ashford Borough Council funded activities

All activities for summer 2026 have been and gone. Thank you everyone for taking them up and making them so popular!

Cycle Maintenance

Want to make sure your bike is as safe and as sturdy as it possibly be? Then head on down to one of the several free cycle repair outlets in Ashford, where you can take your bike to an expert and they can give it a once over! If you also have some minor repairs needed, these experts will happily take a look and see what they can do for you, too.  

Here is a list of the upcoming repair shops in Ashford...:

Free Cycle repair William Harvey Hospital - 4 September at 10:30am, more information here.

Places to Walk

The Ashford Borough is full of wonderful, picturesque, scenic walking routes. Be this around The Warren, Conningbrook, Hothfield or Kingswood, there are miles and miles of country footpaths and always somewhere new to explore. 

If you're looking for somewhere to walk about and to take in some great sights, the Explore Kent website has a host of things with you in mind. Alternatively, the Cycle Ashford website has a route planner, featuring some of the best walking routes in the borough.

Places to Cycle

Equally, if you prefer to roam about on two wheels, there's plenty of places to explore around the Borough. Be it a trip around Victoria Park to get yourself moving or a zoom through Conningbrook to take in some scenery, there's a lot to do as a cyclist within the borough. 

Over at the Cycle Ashford website, you can explore a number of the Borough's favourite routes, while also inputting your own! The website will also tell you the best way to get from A to B on a bike, which can be handy when moving through Kent. 

Freedom Leisure activities

With all Freedom Leisure activities that are listed, please be aware that these may come at a cost and may not necessarily be free. For further information, reach out to the venue in question.