Giddyhorn Lane Recreation Ground

Please meet us at the top of Hildenborough Crescent at the junction with the London Road (ie opposite the Sir Thomas Wyatt pub) at 10am when we will be cleaning up that area as part of Keep Britain Ti...

Please meet us on Sunday 3rd April at the top of Hildenborough Crescent at the junction with the London Road ie opposite the Sir Thomas Wyatt pub at 10am when we will be cleaning up that area as part ...

Please meet us at Tesco Express on the London Road at 10am. We\'ll be cleaning up the surrounding streets and finishing up and Leafy Lane.

Individual litterpick

Please meet us in the car park at the Malta Inn at 10am. We will be picking litter along the footpaths and access roads in the area. Note you will need to enter your vehicle number plate into the pa...

Please meet us for a post-Christmas litterpick - meet at 10am opposite the Sir Thomas Wyatt Pub at the top of Hildenborough Crescent at the junction with London Road.

Please meet at Tesco Express on the London Road for a 10am start

These events took place from 2020 to Nov 2021 including the website downtime during this year when we couldn\'t log bags colected

!!!EVENT CANCELLED due to weather forecast of gales and heavy rain Many thanks to you all for your continued support - you are all litter heroes! Our next ltterpick will be on Sunday 9th February down...

Happy New Year everyone Sorry for this late posting - we will be meeting at the top of Hildenborough Crecent at the junction with the A20 ie opposite the Thomas Wyatt on the London Road, this coming S...

Hi Everyone As part of Keep Kent Clean month we will be meeting at the Malta Inn car park at 10am on Sunday 3rd November, to clean up the access roads and riverside footpaths etc. If you drive there ...

Hi Everyone We will be meeting at the top of Hildenborough Crescent in Allington at the junction with the London Road (A20) on Sunday 6th October at 10am in order to clean up the main road, Sir Thoma...

Hi Everyone. Our next monthly litterpick will be on Sunday 8th September - please meet at 10am at the Welcome Gym near to the retail estate off the London Road. We will pick for an hour or so and then...

Our next monthly litterpick will be on Sunday 7th July when we will be meeting at Giddyhorn Lane recreation ground (off Poplar Grove) at 10am. We aim to clean up the lane and recreation ground, plus ...

Hi Everyone. We will be meeting at the Welcome Gym on Leafy Lane (near Dunelm Mill on the retail park just off the A20/London Road) at 10am next Sunday 2nd June. We will then be cleaning up Leafy Lan...

Hi Everyone Our litterpick next Sunday 5th May will be along our stretch of the London Road (A20) from the BP garage area towards Aylesford. Please meet us at the top of Hildenborough Crescent at the ...

Hi Everyone. Our next litterpick will be on Sunday 7th April meeting at 10am in the Malta Inn car park. We will clean up the car park area, access road and adjacent footpaths plus the verges along the...

Hi Everyone Weather permitting, we will be doing a litterpick on Sunday 10th February - please meet us at 10am at the top of Castle Road, Allington near the junction with the A20 (London Road). Look o...

Happy New Year All! Thanks to those who joined us today and contributed to the 15 bags of litter we collected!! Plus those of you who went out and picked litter during the interim period, during the ...

Hi Everyone. On Sunday 2nd December, we will be meeting at 10am at the Tesco Express on the London Road, Allington (A20) at its junction with Grace Avenue and Poplar Grove and will litterpick that are...

Hi Everyone We will be cleaning up the London Road area in Allington next Sunday 4th November. Hope you are able to join us - we will meet at 10am at the top of Hildenborough Crescent where in joins t...

Hi Everyone. Although there won't be a litterpick event in September, this is advance notice that the next litterpick will hence be on Sunday 7th October at the rear access road to the Malta Inn. Plea...

Hi Everyone! We will be doing a litterpick on Sunday morning 12th August - please meet us at 10am at the Top Notch Gym (now called the Welcome Gym) adjacent to the Retail Park on Leafy Lane just off t...

Hi Everyone. Our next litterpick is this coming Sunday morning 1st July. We will be meeting at 10am at the top of Hildenborough Crescent at the junction with the London Road and will then pick along...

Hi Everyone. We plan to pick litter at the ACA Recreation Ground and the other rec further down the road this coming Sunday morning. Hope you can join us - lets hope the sun makes an appearance! Plea...

Hi Everyone! We're back from Spain and hope you are all fit and well. We will be picking litter at Leafy Lane and the footpath towards Allington this coming Sunday morning. Please meet at the TopNotc...

Hi Everyone. Despite the cold weather forecast we will be litterpicking the area around the Malta Inn including the towpath. Please meet at 10am in the car park at the Malta Inn. Wrap up warm! All ...

Happy New Year All and sorry for this late posting - I still haven't got used to the idea its now 2018! Unless the weather is tipping it down, we plan to do a litterpick this Sunday 7th Jan and will ...

Hi All. We will be meeting at 10am in the car park at the Allington Community Association Recreation Ground on Castle Road on Sunday 26th November. We will also pick the other recreation ground furt...

We will be litterpicking the area around the entrance to Maidstone Girls Grammar School and the access roads and footpaths. Please meet at 10am as usual at the Top Notch Gym adjacent to the retail par...

Hi Everyone! Sorry we were unable to arrange a monthly get-together last month, but we will be back in action on Sunday morning 24th September meeting at the Malta Inn car park at 10am as per usual. ...

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Hi Everyone. We will be meeting in the car park at the Thomas Wyatt pub on the A20 London Road in Allington at 10am as per usual. A big THANK YOU to our faithful members who turn out in all weathers!...

Hi Everyone. We will be back in action this coming Sunday morning meeting as per usual at 10am this time at Giddy Horn Lane Recreation Ground off Poplar Grove. Directions are: from the bottom of Po...

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Hi Everyone! We are back and planning to do a litterpick on Sunday 9th April meeting at the Malta Inn car park at 10am (ie at the entrance that is nearest the Premier Inn lodge). We aim to do the ac...

Meet at the bottom of Grace Avenue in Allington at 10am on Sunday 12th March for the Allington Alligators participation in "The Great British Spring Clean" and ending up at Leafy Lane where we will l...

Hi Everyone. Please note that this event is now CANCELLED due to the weather. It looks highly likely that the snow lying at the moment will not have melted by Sunday morning so we wouldn't be able to ...

Hi Everyone Despite the Autumn leaves falling and hiding the litter, we will be out picking again on Sunday 13th November, which is of course Remembrance Day. We will be meeting at 10am at the botto...

Hi Everyone. We will be in action again this coming Sunday morning (9th October) when we will be meeting at the car park at the Malta Inn at 10am. On this occasion we will be giving our Aylesford fri...

Hi Everyone. We will be litterpicking the car park that is at the bottom of Buckland Hill, Maidstone where it joins St Peters Street - the access is under the railway arch to the Freedom Fitness Gym ...

Calling all volunteers! We will be out litterpicking the footpath that runs from Allington towards Maidstone on Sunday17th July, plus the area around the Topnotch Gym and the schools, followed by a r...

Hi Everyone. We will be back in business again litterpicking this Sunday morning - we do hope you can join us - we will meet at the Malta Inn (near Allington Lock) at 10am and pick the back access ro...

Hi Everyone! Hope the spring sunshine will shine on us this Sunday when we will be meeting at 10am at Tesco Express at the junction of Grace Avenue and London Road. We will then be litterpicking Grac...

The Big Allington Clean-up. Two events are planned for Sunday 6th March. Why not come and join us to make Allington Spic and Span for Her Majesty's 90th Birthday? The first will be starting at the Top...

The Big Allington Clean-up. Two events are planned for Saturday 5th March. Why not come and join us to make Allington Spic and Span for Her Majesty's 90th Birthday? The first will be at Giddyhorn Lane...

Hi Everyone. We will be in action again on Valentine's Day! Meet at the Malta Inn at 10am and we will be cleaning up the riverside footpaths and the access road at the rear of the Malta which is is a...

Happy New Year to all our volunteers! Our first 2016 litterpick will be this coming Sunday, 10th January, when we will be meeting at the ACA on Castle Road at 10am. Let's hope the rain holds off! We...

Hi everyone. Hope you can join us this coming Sunday at 10am - we will be meeting at the top of Hildenborough Crescent where it meets the A20/London Road when we will litterpick from the railway brid...

Hi Litterpickers! Just to let you know that we will be doing a clean-up of the footpath into Maidstone on Sunday 18th October. Please meet at 10am opposite the gates to Maplesden Noakes and the Girl...

Hi Everyone! Our next litterpick will be on Sunday 23rd August. Please meet at 10am as usual at the bottom of Grace Avenue where it meets Hyde Road ie down the hill from Tesco Express. We will then...

We will be in action again this month enjoying the fine weather whilst cleaning up the litter along the length of Castle Road. Please meet at the Allington Community Association car park at 10am on S...

Hi Everyone. The weather this Sunday morning is predicted to be dry so please meet at 10am as usual at Odiham Drive (just off Castle Road) it's adjacent to the Waitrose car park and near the Identic...

Hi Everyone! We will be doing a litterpick along the river footpaths and also along the access road at the rear of the Malta Inn this Sunday. Please meet in front of the cottage (headquarters of the ...

Hi all! Here is advance notice for our next litterpick which won't be until the end of March ie Sunday 29th when we will be meeting at 10am at Giddy Horn Lane Recreation Ground which is just off the ...

Hi everyone - Happy New Year! Weather permitting we will be meeting at the Allington Community Association Recreation Ground on Castle Road (just before the first railway bridge) at 10am to pick the...

Hi All. We will be meeting at Tesco Express on London Road at 10am on Sunday 14th December with the aim of cleaning up that area and then the surrounding streets. Please wear strong footwear. All e...

Hi everyone! We will be cleaning up a stretch of the footpath that runs alongside the A20, plus Hildenborough Crescent, the top of Castle Road and other roads around the Mid Kent Shopping Centre on S...

Hi everyone. Hope you can join us for this month's litterpick which has been pushed back a week to Sunday 19th October when we will be cleaning up the footpaths along the river bank from the Millenni...

Hi everyone! We will be picking up litter in the area at the rear of the Hospital Car Park again on Sunday 28th September. Please meet on Howard Drive at the bus stop opposite Montpelier Gate where ...

Hi everyone! Hope you can join us this Sunday morning when we will be litterpicking the Allington Recreation Ground at the ACA site on Castle Road. Please meet at 10am as usual and wear strong footwe...

Hi everyone Sorry we've been out of action for a few weeks but please come and join us on Sunday 20th July when we will be litterpicking the lower end of Castle Road, the area behind the Malta Inn and...

Hi everyone. Our next litterpick will be on Sunday 27th April. Please meet at the Giddy Horn Recreation Ground just off lower Poplar Grove - ie in the car park next to the nursery school - at 10am. ...

Hi Everyone! Apologies for the late posting of this message - we will be meeting at the top end of Castle Road (just down from the junction with London Road) tomorrow morning at 10am. Let's hope for...

Happy New Year everyone! Weather permitting we will be back in action on Sunday 12th January. Please meet at the Malta Inn near Allington Lock at 10am. If the lock is flooded again then we will mee...

Hi everyone! Thanks for your efforts whilst we were away on holiday - I must say that things were looking pretty good when we got back! However, Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations have brought...

Get fitter with litter! This month we will be picking litter in the footpaths and woodland at the rear of Maidstone Hospital. If you would like to join us please meet us at 10am at the bus stop on Ho...

Hi everyone. We will be picking along the river footpaths this Sunday - 14th July. Please meet at the Malta Inn at 10am as usual. New members always welcome. All equipment provided. For more informa...

Hi everyone. The sun is out at last! Come and join us and enjoy it this Sunday morning when we will be litterpicking the footpath to Maidstone that runs from Buckland Lane to the gym car park opposit...

Hi everyone. We will be meeting at the top of Castle Road, Allington, this coming Sunday morning at 10am as usual. If there are enough of us we could then split into two groups and I will transport ...

We will be down at the river for this event, picking litter along the footpaths and the road behind the Malta, in order to assist the Medway Valley Countryside Partnership in their annual Spring clean...

Hi Everyone. Our next event will be at Giddy Horn Lane Recreation Ground where we should succeed in collecting our 500th bag of litter in three years! Hope you can all make it to join us in celebrati...

Hi everyone. Weather permitting we will be clearing the piece of land that we had to postpone doing last month because of the snow. Here are the details once again. It's a one-off event to clear a pie...

Happy New Year to all! Our first event this year will be a one-off event to clear a piece of unadopted land at the rear of some properties on Bower Street. This is a bit out of our area, but is a fa...

Hi everyone. Our final litterpick this year will be on Sunday 16th December - please meet at 10am at the bus stop on Howard Drive, Allington, It is just at the end of a footpath that leads up to the...

We will be meeting at the top of Castle Road in Allington at 10am on Sunday 18th November and litterpicking the adjacent streets, alleyways, bus stops etc. for one hour. All equipment will be provided...

Please meet at 10am on Sunday 21st October at the recreation ground which is just off Poplar Grove. We will be litterpicking the rec, the adjacent lane and the area near Tesco Express. Do come and j...

Please meet again at the MGGS/Maplesden school gates at 9am to pick the footpath that runs back towards Allington. We collected 6 bags last week mostly from the area and car park opposite . All equipm...

We will be cleaning up the footpath that runs from Buckland Lane to the gates of the Maidstone Girls Grammar School and Maplesden Noakes School. Please meet at 9.10am outside the school gates. All e...

We will be meeting at Allington Recreation Ground (please note this is NOT the one at the Community Association) but the one further down Castle Road on the right-hand side after the railway bridges. ...

We will be litterpicking the car park off St Peters Street Maidstone ie the one adjacent to the tennis club, gym, canoe and scuba clubs and at the entrance to the Millennium Park. Please meet at 2pm....

Hi everyone. I hope all the recent rain has not dampened your spirits. I have been out picking today and it was just so great to see the sun again! Our next event will be on Sunday 24th June when w...

Hi Everyone. Hopefully the sun will come out again for our next litterpick on Sunday 20th May. Please meet at 10am at the Allington Community Association car park on Castle Road when we will be clea...

We will be litter-picking the footpath that runs at the back of Maidstone Hospital's rear car park. Brenda who is one of our members has pointed out to us how bad this footpath and adjacent wooded ar...

We will be clearing up the entrance area and the car park which lead to the Tennis Club, Health Club and Canoe Club just off St Peter's Street in Maidstone ie on the opposite corner to Jewson's Plea...

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW AND ICE. See next event.We will be clearing up the entrance area and the car park which lead to the Tennis Club, Health Club and Canoe Club just off St Pe...

Happy New Year to you all! Weather permitting, we will be back in action again with our next litterpick organised for Sunday January 15th, 2012. We hope you can make it. Please meet at the Malta In...

We will be litter-picking the Giddy Horn Lane Recreation Ground on Sunday 20th November. More volunteers will be most welcome. Please meet at 10am in the car park adjacent to the Poplar Pre-School w...

We will be picking the lower half of Castle Road and some of the footpaths along the river, finishing at the Malta Inn by Allington Lock. Please meet at 10am at the Allington Community Association ca...

Hi everyone. Hope you have all had a good summer. We will be back in business this month starting with our next litter-picking event on Sunday 11th - please meet at 10am at the bottom of Newbury Aven...

Please join us on Sunday 10th June at 10am at the Allington Community Association on Castle Road. We will be clearing litter from the recreation ground through to the fields beyond followed by a coff...

Hi everyone. Another event towards making Allington a Litter Free Zone! Hope you can come and join us. Please meet at the bottom of Newbury Avenue where it meets Hyde Road at 10am. We will be cleari...

We will definitely doing a litter -pick on this date. Venue is the car park adjacent to LA Fitness off Buckland Hill - please meet at the car park at 10am Sunday 8th May. Turn left at the bottom of B...

We will be supporting the Medway Valley Countryside Partnership in their Spring Rubbish Roundup by cleaning up the footpath that runs from Allington Lock towards Aylesford. Strong footwear essential. ...

If you can spare an hour please join us on Sunday 20th March to help us reach our target of 100 bags in 12 months - we are almost there! Meet at the BP Garage on the London Road (opposite the junction...

Please meet at the Allington Community Centre Car Park on Castle Road at 10am - this is where we finished our previous event! This time we will be walking to Allington Lock and picking the lower end ...

If you have an hour to spare to keep Allington a Litter Free Zone, why not join us on Sunday morning (weather permitting) from 10am when we will be litter-picking the top half of Castle Road (from the...

Have you an hour to spare to help clean up the footpath from Hyde Road to the schools? We will be meeting at 10.00am at the bottom of Buckland Lane at the base of the steps and adjacent to the small ...

We will be assisting the Medway Valley Partnership on Sunday 10th October by clearing the footpaths along the river at Allington. Please meet at 10am at the Malta Inn. Thanks to those who came along...

Community clean-up on the recreation ground surrounding the clubhouse, Castle Road, Allington. Four volunteers attended - 27 bags collected in 8 man/woman hours. Rubbish included spent fireworks cons...