Please be informed that the existing Grovehurst Bridge will be closed from 00:01 on Tuesday 26 August – 00:00 on Friday 5 September 2025.

All Saint's is open every weekday including Bank Holidays daylight hours so 9am to 4pm for Quiet Reflection and Swale Foodbank donations. For Foodbank, non-perishable food and toilettries please thank you!

10.30am normally every Sunday except the last Sunday of the month which is normally a joint Benefice service at one of the Six, but do check the All Saints Church Iwade Facebook page, at All Saints Church Iwade, all are welcome to Family Worship, hope to see you there.

Please be informed that the existing Grovehurst Bridge will be closed from 00:01 on Tuesday 26 August – 00:00 on Friday 5 September 2025.

Friendship Club is a lively and sociable fortnightly Monday morning get-together for Iwade residents of a certain age! There is often a talk or an activity or just enjoy a chat and a hot drink for £1.50. 10.15am to 12 midday at Iwade Barn. Keep an eye on the What's On for the next Monday Friendship Club.

Learn to Crochet with Celia every Tuesday morning at Mews Brewhouse just bring yourself a crochet hook and some wool

Please be informed that the existing Grovehurst Bridge will be closed from 00:01 on Tuesday 26 August – 00:00 on Friday 5 September 2025.

Men's Breakfast is every first Tuesday of the month at Iwade Barn, why not pop along and enjoy a breakfast and a cuppa and meet some friends in the village, all welcome.

Every Friday 9 .30am - 11.30am at the Woolpack and Tuesday afternoons 2-4pm at Iwade Barn (a monthly charge of £5 at the barn), keen crafters get together to craft and chat crafts and allsorts!. Drop Brenda a text on 07963 431 675 to find out more about popping along.

Normally every Tuesday evening 7pm at Iwade Barn, pre-booking essential.

Please be informed that the existing Grovehurst Bridge will be closed from 00:01 on Tuesday 26 August – 00:00 on Friday 5 September 2025.

Every Wednesday in term-time at Iwade Barn, Community Art Workshops run by Emma, alternate morning and afternoon, morning session 9.45am to 12.15pm and afternoon session 12.45pm to 2.45pm.

Get in touch with Emma via WhatsApp on 07940 736597 to register your interest.

Bring your own art supplies and note this is an adults only workshop so no children sorry!

Iwade Bootcamp Fitness sessions are every Wednesday 18.20hrs (for 18.30hrs) meeting at the Stangate Drive/Chetney View park. All fitness levels welcome. Pay as you go.

Please be informed that the existing Grovehurst Bridge will be closed from 00:01 on Tuesday 26 August – 00:00 on Friday 5 September 2025.

Baby Rhyme Time at Mews Brews Iwade Thursdays 10.30am

What?
This day trip is a coach excursion leaving and coming back to Iwade, with Iwade Tours hospitality including on board drinks to see Mamma Mia at The Novello Theatre in London. Plenty of time to have lunch, shop or watch the street entertainers in Covent Garden before the show.

When?
Leaving Iwade at 11am coming back around 7.30pm

How much?
£70 per person

How do I book?
Email iwadetours@gmail.com. A £25 non returnable deposit will be required at time of booking. Full payment due by Friday 1st August 2025

Sole travellers are welcome, get booked on what are you waiting for!

Guitar Group meets at Iwade Barn every Thursday evening 7.30pm-9pm. All ages all abilities welcome. Relaxed group get in touch or pop along.

Please be informed that the existing Grovehurst Bridge will be closed from 00:01 on Tuesday 26 August – 00:00 on Friday 5 September 2025.

Blue Bin Day for recycling every other Friday not forgetting your black and orange food bin. Extra recycling can go in clear bags by the bin. Textiles can also be put out in carrier bags next to your bin.

Check out the bin icon at the top of each page to see which bin to put out! Not forgetting your food bin!

Click here to go to Swale Borough Council website Bins pages.

Put your bins out by 7am on the day.

Every Friday 9 .30am - 11.30am at the Woolpack and Tuesday afternoons 2-4pm at Iwade Barn (a monthly charge of £5 at the barn), keen crafters get together to craft and chat crafts and allsorts!. Drop Brenda a text on 07963 431 675 to find out more about popping along.

Fridays at Iwade Barn 10am-10.45am or 11am-11.45am

For more information contact The HappyGuru by email on wendi.happyguru@yahoo.com or via their Facebook page

At Iwade Village Hall on Saturday mornings for young children aged 1.5 to 5, split into sessions by age 1.5-2.5, 2.5-3.5 and 3.5-5,

Find out more or book online at littlelionsfootball.co.uk

Iwade Parent and Toddler Group is on every Tuesday morning in term-time from 9am to 11am Iwade Village Hall. Now run by Tinkerbells thank you Tinkerbells for keeping it going! £2.50 for the first child and 50p for each additional child.

Iwade Reading and Book Group get together at Iwade Barn every second Tuesday of the month 10.30am. Everyone most welcome so why not come along. There's normally cake!

September's book is Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

IPC ordinarily meets every second Thursday of the month at Iwade Barn at 8pm but keep an eye on their Facebook page in case of change. It is a public meeting and time is allowed on the agenda for residents' questions or issues.

Questions and comments that residents wish to be raised at the meeting can be sent to the Clerk – Clerk@iwade-pc.gov.uk

Agendas can be found on the Iwade Parish Council website as and when they are available.

Green Bin Day for non-recyclable household waste every other Friday not forgetting your black and orange food bin. Extra waste can go in black sacks next to your bin. Small electricals can go in a carrier bag next to your bin.

Check out the bin icon at the top of each page to see which bin to put out! Not forgetting your food bin!

Click here to go to Swale Borough Council website Bins pages.

Put your bins out by 7am on the day.

Brown Bin Day every other Friday, same day as Green Bin Day!

Click here for Garden Waste section on Swale.gov.uk.

Put your bins out by 7am on the day.

Iwade Food and Craft Fayre is every second Sunday of the month at Iwade Village Hall 10am to 1pm.

Why not go along and support local handmade business, see you there!

Calling stallholders! Inside space at a premium but worth getting in touch with fayre@iwadevillagehall.co.uk for booking information and to see what space is available. Outside stall spaces require you to provide your own table and gazebo thank you!

Swale Ladies Who Latte are an intimate local networking group who meet at The Barn Iwade on the third Wednesday of the month from 10am to midday. All welcome! We aim to support, share, advise, help, inspire, grow and share our successes!!! £3 per person.

What?
Vintage Essex Guided Tour is a coach excursion leaving and coming back to Iwade, with Iwade Tours hospitality including on board drinks.

Included in our tour are Morning refreshments in an old coaching inn in Thaxted, Ploughman’s lunch and a ride in some 1940’s and 1950’s vintage coaches.

We'lll visit the old wool church where English composer Gustav Holst played the organ and the vicar flew the Red Flag from the tower, weave past black and white striped Tudor houses and jolly colour-washed homes from the mediaeval to the Georgian period to the beautifully wonky old Guildhall, take in the gently rolling landscapes of rural Essex and the chocolate box village of Finchingfield as we head to Essex Rodings. Eight villages full of old thatched cottages, timber-framed manor houses and farmhouses form the largest group in the country to share a common name.

A ploughman's lunch is ready for us at the Lodge Garage in High Easter. We are surrounded by the vintage vehicle collection and old coaching ephemera collection of the Lodge Family who are approaching their centenary in the coaching business.

It's a lovely afternoon with time to enjoy the collection of old coaching and bus ephemera and rides out in immaculately restored 1940’s and 1950’s coaches that have starred in Only Fools spin off Rock & Chips and blockbuster series The Crown.

We finish the day with a cup of tea and cake, before we are ready to head home at 4.45pm.

When?
leaving Iwade at 8.45am coming back around 7pm

How much is it?
£85 per person

How do I book?
Email iwadetours@gmail.com. A £25 non returnable deposit will be required at time of booking. Full payment due by Friday 5th September 2025

Key Points
Sole travellers are welcome, lots to see and do on this day out with little walking, get booked on what are you waiting for!

Iwade Reading and Book Group get together at Iwade Barn every second Tuesday of the month 10.30am. Everyone most welcome so why not come along. There's normally cake!

This month's book is One August Night by Victoria Hislop

Iwade Reading and Book Group get together at Iwade Barn every second Tuesday of the month 10.30am. Everyone most welcome so why not come along. There's normally cake!

November's book is The Critic by Peter May

What?
This day trip is a coach excursion leaving and coming back to Iwade, with Iwade Tours hospitality including on board drinks to see Oliver at the Gielgud Theatre in London. Plenty of time to have lunch, shop or sightsee before the show.

When?
Leaving Iwade at 10:30am coming back around 7.30pm

How much?
£95 per person

How do I book?
Email iwadetours@gmail.com. A £25 non returnable deposit will be required at time of booking. Full payment due by Friday 31st October 2025

Sole travellers are welcome, get booked on what are you waiting for!

Iwade Reading and Book Group get together at Iwade Barn every second Tuesday of the month 10.30am. Everyone most welcome so why not come along. There's normally cake!

December's book is Traitor's Gate by Jeffrey Archer

What?
This day trip is a coach excursion leaving and coming back to Iwade, with Iwade Tours hospitality including on board drinks to see "Jack and his Giant Stalk", an adult pantomime full of inuendo but not crude and includes a delicious afternoon tea served during the interval.

Where?
Brick Lane Music Hall, Silvertown, South East London

When?
leaving Iwade at 11.45am coming back around 7pm

How much?
£85 per person

How do I book?
Email iwadetours@gmail.com. A £25 non returnable deposit will be required at time of booking. Full payment due by Friday 19th December 2025

Sole travellers are welcome, minimal walking involved, get booked on what are you waiting for!

What?
This day trip is a coach excursion leaving and coming back to Iwade, with Iwade Tours hospitality including on board drinks to see The Lion King at The Lyceum Theatre in London. Plenty of time to spend in Covent Garden for lunch, shopping and street entertainers before the show.

When?
Leaving Iwade at 10:30am coming back around 7.30pm

How much?
£75 per person

How do I book?
Email iwadetours@gmail.com. A £25 non returnable deposit will be required at time of booking. Full payment due by Friday 9th January 2026

Sole travellers are welcome, get booked on what are you waiting for!

What?
Seaside Sundowner Trip out to St Mildred’s Bay, at Westgate on Sea. We will be entertained by Jason Allen who brings the magic of Michael Bublé and the Rat Pack alongside a whole raft of popular tunes from the 50s, 60s & 70s. We also include a two course meal plus tea / coffee. Our restaurant is just a short level walk from our coach drop off point and has huge west facing windows and the bay is famous for sunsets captured by the artist J W Turner.

Iwade Tours coach excursion leaving and coming back to Iwade with Iwade Tours hospitality including on board drinks.

Where?
St Mildred's Bay Westgate-on-Sea Kent

When?
Leaving Iwade at 10.30am coming back around 4.45pm

How much?
£76 per person
How do I book?
Email iwadetours@gmail.com. A £25 non returnable deposit will be required at time of booking. Full payment due by Friday 20th February 2026.

What?
As we visit the Kennet & Avon Canal Horse Barge, at Kintbury, near Newbury, Berkshire. Why not come with us as we journey back to appreciate the beauty of the countryside and the slower and peaceful pace of yesteryear. It is a great way to escape from our hectic modern life on the tranquil Kennet & Avon Canal. Just sit back and soak up the beauty of the countryside from a totally different viewpoint. The horse drawn barge ‘Kennet Valley’ is powered solely by a shire horse, either Monty or Drummer, who pull the barge by horse power alone. The Horse Barge is painted in the traditional rose and castle style and is an important part of England's heritage and is one of the few remaining horse-drawn barges in the country. On board there are plenty of seats, a toilet, gift kiosk, and a bar. Our 2 hour cruise will include a ploughman’s lunch, followed by apple pie & cream plus tea or coffee, which will be served on board during our cruise and of course if you would like to feed the shire horse, l am sure he would welcome an apple or carrot for lunch as well?

Iwade Tours coach excursion leaving and coming back to Iwade with Iwade Tours hospitality including on board drinks.

Where?
Kintbury Lock, Berkshire

When?
Leaving Iwade at 8.45am coming back around 7.45pm

How much?
£89 per person
How do I book?
Email iwadetours@gmail.com. A £25 non returnable deposit will be required at time of booking. Full payment due by Friday 6th March 2026.