About Ask Sandwich
A local guide for East Kent — not a corporation, not a startup. Just a useful thing.
What is it?
Ask Sandwich is a community hub for Sandwich, Kent — and the towns and villages around it. The idea is simple: instead of hunting across council websites, Facebook groups, parish noticeboards, and local magazines to find out what's happening, you can come here.
We cover events, notices, road closures, planning applications, local businesses, jobs, volunteering, clubs and groups — anything that might be genuinely useful to someone who lives in or around Sandwich, Deal, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Dover, and the East Kent villages.
How does the content get here?
Content comes from two places: automated collection and community submissions.
The automated side uses AI to regularly check public sources — council websites, parish pages, KCC Highways, local news feeds, and similar. It summarises and categorises what it finds, flags anything urgent, and removes content that's expired or out of date.
Community submissions come directly from local people and organisations using the form on this site. We review these before they go live — usually within 24 hours.
Important note
Always verify important information — especially road closures, planning deadlines, and official notices — with the original issuing authority. We try hard to be accurate, but we're not infallible, and sometimes official sources update information after we've collected it.
Who runs it?
This is a community project, not a commercial one. It's not run by the council, not funded by advertising, and not owned by a big media company.
Business listings are free to add and free to keep. Events are free to submit. There's no premium tier, no sponsored content (as of writing), and no data selling.
The geographic area
We focus on Sandwich and the towns and villages within reasonable reach of it. That means Deal, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Dover, Eastry, Wingham, Ash, Woodnesborough, and the smaller villages around them.
If you're in East Kent and not sure whether your event or business fits, just submit it and we'll have a look. The answer is probably yes.
How can I get involved?
Submit content
Events, businesses, notices, jobs — anything useful to local people.
Submit something →Spread the word
Tell your local groups, clubs, and neighbours about it. The more people use it, the more useful it gets.
Contact
The best way to reach us is through the contact form. We aim to respond to genuine messages within a couple of days.
For corrections, please include as much detail as you can — what's wrong and, ideally, where the correct information can be found.