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Eden Valley Launch a great success !

The Eden Valley Tourism Initiative, a two-year venture designed to encourage visitors to the Eden Valley, celebrated its successful completion on 22 April at the recently refurbished Chiddingstone Castle. Private tours of the eclectic Japanese and Egyptian collections followed a special lunch for seventy.

Film tourism was the hot topic at the latest Eden Valley Tourism Forum, held prior to the launch and attended by 35 delegates from local businesses and organisations. Recent filming at Penshurst Place for "The Other Boleyn Gir"l provided the incentive for the theme.

The project has been supported by Edenbridge Town Council in conjunction with Hidden Britain, and funded by Defra through the England Rural Development Programme. The founding of the Forum was one of the many successes of the initiative and it will continue to provide a focus for local tourism providers to boost business in the Valley.

For more information visit www.edenvalleykent.org

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Edenbridge & Eden Valley Project goes live!

The Eden Valley Tourism Initiative, a two year venture designed to encourage visitors to Edenbridge and its surroundings, is celebrating its successful completion witha launch at historic Chiddingstone Castle. The project has been supported by Hidden Britain in conjunction with Edenbridge Town Council, and funded by Defra through the England Rural Development Programme.

Initially, the Eden Valley Tourism Forum was set up, providing local tourism stakeholders with the opportunity to raise issues of concern. As a result of the first Forum, a branding and logo for the area and tear off pads of visitor maps were developed. Since then, five short circular walks and five longer ones have been produced, with most of the Eden Valley Walk being covered by three of the longer ones.

The Eden Valley website went live last September and a visitor guide book, linking to the website, is available.Marketing work has also been undertaken to raise awareness of Edenbridge and Kent's Eden Valley in the eyes of the consumer.

For more information visit www.edenvalleykent.org

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Come to Dorchester-on-Thames on Easter Monday!

Dorchester has just completed a three year project which aimed to highlight and enhance the village as a place to visit, and to make it more welcoming for visitors, while not damaging the local environment.

The project, part of the Hidden Britain programme, was funded by Defra to the tune of £32K (which included 25% local volunteer time).

Activities have included: Tourism audits and surveys; an enhanced village website; map boards at five entry points to the village; a Finger post in the car park at Bridge End indicating key locations (river, Abbey, etc.);Four walkers’ guides for Dorchester and environs; an updated version of the Village leaflet ; Touch screens in the Museum and Abbey loaded with key information; and Digitization/CD-Rom of the village’s Millennium album.

To mark the end of the project, and to celebrate Dorchester as a place to visit, come to the village on Easter Monday, March 24th 2008, and enjoy tours and walks, a balloon race, teas, and an exhibition of tourism-related activities.

Visit the Website at www.dorchester-on-thames.co.uk
or contact Margot Metcalfe on 01865 340054.

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