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Competition invites artists to draw their own interpretation of the floatplane

Artists of all ages are invited to enter a competition to immortalise the floatplane’s summer holiday by putting pencil to paper. The newly restored Short Scion Floatplane G-AEZF is being ...
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Short floatplane now on display to the public

The whole community is invited to see that the sky’s the limit with this summer’s free education activities provided by the Rochester Bridge Trust. A part of Medway’s history is ...
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Temporary pedestrian diversion to be implemented on Rochester’s Old Bridge

Pedestrians and wheelchair users are advised there will be a temporary daytime diversion in place on Rochester’s Old Bridge, for three weeks from Monday, 28 July. The diversion will be ...
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Free lecture an opportunity to meet the engineers who restored historic Short Scion Floatplane

The launch of the Rochester Bridge Trust’s free summer event, Floatplane, is just over three weeks away, and tickets have now been released for an additional evening lecture – which ...
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Match funding support for school’s visitor centre campaign

A fundraising campaign to enable the public to explore the Second World War tunnels running under Maidstone Girls Grammar School (MGGS) has been given a major boost thanks to a ...
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Tree planting: Nick Wade and Sue Moloney from the Farnley Tyas Community Group (centre), with Bridge Clerk (Chief Executive) Sue Threader of the Rochester Bridge Trust, and Will Thornton from Savills.

New woodland planted in Farnley Tyas

The Rochester Bridge Trust has planted a new five-acre area of woodland as part of its commitment to improving the natural environment and sequestering carbon emissions around its landholdings near ...
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