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Betteshanger Park near Deal announces drive in cinema programme - and how to book

Tickets are now on sale for drive-in cinema events at Betteshanger Park near Deal.

Dirty Dancing, Toy Story and Jurassic Park are among the 10 different movies which will be projected on to a large LED screen for peoples' viewing.

Betteshanger Park near Deal will host Kent Drive In Cinema Picture: Paul Amos
Betteshanger Park near Deal will host Kent Drive In Cinema Picture: Paul Amos

They will run over four days starting on Thursday, July 30 with up to three different screenings a day, at lunchtime, afternoon and evening.

Spaces are limited and can now be booked via https://bit.ly/38OF8VA . The price is £22 per car.

Cars should arrive 60 minutes before the performance begins and will be supplied with a FM/DAB frequency to allow viewers to hear the film via their car radio.

UVs, 4x4’s and Convertibles are permitted but all vans, trucks, coaches, minibuses, mopeds and motorbikes will be refused access.

People can also take their own snacks as well as buy food and drink via a text message service at the Park, but no alcoholic drinks or glass is allowed.

Brothers Dave (left) and Nick Whiteoak realised they had an opportunity in lockdown to supply entertainment throughout Kent
Brothers Dave (left) and Nick Whiteoak realised they had an opportunity in lockdown to supply entertainment throughout Kent

NHS workers are being offered a free snack hamper to enjoy while watching the film, if they email nhs@kentdriveincinema.co.uk in advance.

The Drive In Cinema concept at the venue near Deal has been launched by brothers Nick and Dave Whiteoak, who have been supplying screens at open-air events such as Glastonbury and Reading festivals for the last 16 years though their company Video Illusions.

Both originally from Gravesend, the brothers now live in Herne Bay and Canterbury, and have teamed up with Longfield events company Centre Stage Solutions, among others, to help bring their idea to life.

Similar events will also take place at Swanley Park, Ashford Outlet Centre and Canterbury Park and Ride.

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