Category Archives: History

Travelodge, the UK’s first budget hotel chain, with nearly 600 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain has rolled out its new concept, 85 Bar Café, to Ashford Town Centre […]

Celebrating the finest produce from Ashford and beyond, this summer marks the highly anticipated return of the ASHFOOD! festival to the heart of the bustling market town. Following the success […]

Exciting plans for a new look to Ashford Town Centre’s cinema have been revealed thisweek, with the former Picturehouse at Elwick Place welcoming residents and cinema fansnext week under a […]

By Easter 2024 the Ashford Picturehouse at Elwick Place will come under new management. Picturehouse Cinemas will hand the six-screen cinema and restaurant to Ashford Borough Council who will operate […]

Calling all ghost hunters, vampire slayers and skeleton spotters – this halloween you’ll want to head on down to Ashford’s Elwick Place, where there’s a whole lot of spooky fun […]

‘ASHFOOD!’, a family food and drink festival, that took place over the weekend of July 1st and 2nd at Ashford’s Elwick Place, we are very excited to share, welcomed over […]

Elwick Place’s independent cafe-come restaurant, Leo and Sage, has launched theirnew spring menu! The new menu encompasses traditional home cooking using local and seasonalingredients. Classic dishes from the All Day […]

Elwick Place host ‘Party at the Piazza’ in celebration of the King’s CoronationOn Sunday 7th, May, Elwick Place invites friends and families to celebrate theKing’s Coronation at The Piazza, Elwick’s […]

Princess Marie of Edinburgh (1875 – 1938) was born and spent her childhood at Eastwell Manor Park in Ashford, later becoming Queen of Romania in 1914 and reigning until 1927.

Elwick Place was designed to recognise and honour Ashford’s market town heritage.