The Society’s Role: Helping to Record, Showcase and Preserve Our Trees

One of the Society’s lesser-known roles is to highlight the importance of trees and woodland in our locality and to help in their preservation. Sevenoaks...

Some Definitions

“Heritage Trees”: trees which have exceptional value because of their connection with our history and culture, and are considered irreplaceable. They may be of great...

Working with Others

Below are some of the organisations with whom we collaborate, or share or gather information: Sevenoaks District Council (Tree Protection Orders) Sevenoaks Town Council (Council...

Ash Die-Back Disease (Chalara Pathogen)

Ash Die-Back Disease (Chalara Pathogen) For information on this potentially disastrous threat, visit the following web-sites: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pestsanddiseases http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/learn/threats-to-our-woodland/pests-and-diseases To report suspected ash die-back or other...

News

Regulation 19 Local Plan - Society's response

The Society has submitted its response to Sevenoaks District Council's Regulation 19 consultation on the draft Local Plan, which will guide development in...

Sevenoaks District Local Plan - Counsel's Opinion

“Regulation 19 Local Plan The Executive Committee, through its Town Planning Group, is currently preparing the Society’s Regulation 19 representations. These...

The Derelict Farmer’s Pub Site: Progress at Last?

The Derelict Farmer’s Pub Site: Progress at Last? Samuel Bligh, farmer and inn-keeper of Sevenoaks, was a smart man, with an eye for the main chance. In 1852...

Passing the baton at the 2025 AGM

The Society’s 73rd AGM held on 24th September was a momentous occasion as it marked the passing of the Chairmanship of the Society from David Green to myself....

Sevenoaks Society Community Open day

On Saturday (28th June), a century after the foundation of Sevenoaks’ first civic society, the Sevenoaks Society commemorated the occasion by holding a highly...

Roger FitzGerald - An Appreciation

We were very saddened by the death in mid 2022 of Roger FitzGerald. A valued member of the Society’s Executive Committee for many years, he will be sorely...