There’s lots for you to do

Whether you want to make a splash at Bewl Water, take a nostalgic train trip, or grab the popcorn for a night at the movies, you’ll soon be able to do all of them with these venues now making plans to reopen.

Visitors will also be asked to pay contactless and adults will be advised to wear a face covering where possible. All journeys will begin from New Romney Station and go to Dungeness, with passengers getting 20 minutes at Dungeness before their return time. There will be toilet facilities at both New Romney and Dungeness. l To make a booking visit rhdr.org.uk

After reopening to the public last week, management have reviewed their capacity and have decided to safely increase visitor numbers from Saturday, July 4. Book at leeds-castle.com

A month after the gardens and grounds reopened to visitors, the castle is also set to do so on Saturday, July 4. Visitors will need to book a garden ticket with an arrival time online and upgrade to a castle ticket at the castle entrance. l Details at hevercastle.co.uk

The castle’s grounds, including the World Garden designed by Tom Hart Dyke, will reopen on Friday, July 3. l Details at lullingstonecastle.co.uk

Both castles’ grounds will be among the first 45 major English Heritage attractions reopening on Saturday, July 4. l Details at english-heritage. org.uk

The reserve on the Isle of Sheppey is welcoming guests back from Saturday, July 4, and bookings are now open under flexible terms so it is possible for guests to arrange an escape into nature, without worries of being out of pocket if plans need to change.

Explore the 3,300 acres and trails, wild swim from Elmley’s private beach and relax and unwind amongst the wildlife. Properties to hire include Kingshill Farmhouse (sleeping up to 14) and Elmley Cottage (sleeping up to 10 people) and shepherds huts, as well as bell tents. Day visitors can also pre-book tickets for Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays in

July, from £6 per adult for a half day, which allows entry for up to two accompanying children.

Book at elmleynature reservevisits.giftpro.co.uk

Farming attraction Kent Life in Maidstone is set to reopen to visitors this Saturday. The site in Lock Lane, Sandling, which is a working farm, has been closed since March.

People visiting will need to pre-book an arrival time slot online, including Kent Life members.

The website is open for bookings at kentlife.org.uk

The cinema will the first to open in the county, welcoming customers back from Saturday, July 4, with limited numbers of visitors and strict new measures, including booking tickets online; self service ticket collection machines and visitors encouraged to wear face coverings. There will be a thorough cleaning regime between screenings and filmgoers will need to order their food and drink in advance.

The cinema will be screening classic films for £5, ahead of the release of Disney’s Mulan and Christopher Nolan’s Tenet later this summer.

The cinema chain will open 10 screens around the country on Saturday July 4, but Kent will have to wait until Friday July 10 when it opens screens in Chatham and Tunbridge Wells. Tickets are on sale now for big screen classics including 1917; Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, re-released in 4k for its 40th anniversary; Sonic the Hedgehog and Onwards, Little Women, Bad Boys for Life, Dirty Dancing and The Greatest Showman. The Maidstone Odeon is undergoing a refurbishment which will be completed in October.

More at odeon.co.uk. Cineworld and Picturehouse, which runs sites in Rochester, Ashford and Dover, says it will open its doors from Friday, July 31 blaming a lack of new film releases for the delay.