Ashford For You

Ashford For You Magazine cover and inside spreadWelcome to Ashford For You – Ashford Borough Council's residents’ magazine.

Our winter edition has arrived, just in time for the festive season. We spotlight our office move and changes to Tenterden Town Hall and feature the transformation to The Ashford Cinema, and why it's so much more than just a cinema.

We focus on our Local Plan and explain why it's important to our borough's future growth and prosperity and we also introduce our new Mayor, Cllr Lyn Suddards, as she talks how she will be supporting our young people in the borough.

There is a bumper What's on including details of the fabulous Carnival of the Baubles event, and many others to get us in the festive spirit, and while talking of spirits, we have a seasonal recycling tips feature, so you know what to do with your bottles, tins and cans this Christmas!

We also report on Tenterden's growing wine industry, celebrate the borough's Olympians and showcase some funding support which is giving our rural businesses a boost. And that’s not all – there are some fabulous prizes on offer in our competitions.

You can download our previous editions online.  

This magazine is distributed to all households in the borough via Royal Mail and covers what’s going on in the local area, profiling services, people and places. We want to ensure we are communicating with all our residents and keeping them abreast of what is happening across the borough and the services we provide.

While we know many residents use digital methods of communication, such as our website and social media channels, we do not reach everyone this way so we produce a borough-wide magazine to complement the other ways we communicate with our community.

Advertising in Ashford For You

The editorial and design has been produced in-house and includes external paid for advertising, which will offset some of the print and distribution costs.

As well as being delivered to 58,000 homes, copies of the magazine go on display at various locations across the borough including at the Ashford Gateway, County Square, Ashford Designer Outlet and many local shops.

Anyone interested in advertising in the publication should contact the Communications Team on 01233 330543 or email media@ashford.gov.uk

Ashford For You advertising rates
Page Rate per edition
Outside back cover £1,395
Inside front cover £1,295
Inside back cover £1,195
Internal page £1,095
Half page £795
Quarter page £595


Competition terms and conditions

One entry per person. Please provide your full name, postal address including postcode, email addresses and telephone number.

Employees of Ashford Borough Council and their immediate family are not eligible to enter competitions.

Winning entries will be drawn at random after closing date. Judge's decision is final.

Winners will be notified by email or by phone call, and must respond within one week of receiving their notification or the prize will be redrawn.

By entering competitions winners agree that we may use their details and photo for publicity purposes.

The prizes are as offered, they are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.