Contacts – Kent Film Office

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Kent Highway Services

If you apply to the Kent Film Office for a filming permit, we shall automatically contact the Kent Highways Officer in charge of the area(s) you are filming in and seek permission. If you need to contact the Kent Highways services outside the film office hours, you can do so on their switchboard number for non emergencies, which is 08458 247 800.

Click here to apply for a filming permit.

Kent Police

If you apply to the Kent Film Office for a filming permit, we shall automatically contact the Kent Police Officer in charge of the area(s) you are filming in and seek permission. If you need to contact the Kent Police outside the film office hours, you can do so on their switchboard number for non emergencies, which is 01622 690690.

Click here to apply for a filming permit.

Public Liability Insurance

Any visiting production looking to film in Kent public spaces or the public highway is required to provide proof of insurance to the sum of £5 million. If you are a European/International company please ensure that your cover is valid for the UK and is for an equivalent sum. Below are links to some UK insurance providers who specialise in media cover and can provide you with the necessary policies.

Media Insurance – http://www.mediainsurance.co.uk/

Hiscox Broker – http://www.hiscoxbroker.co.uk/ViewCMSPage.aspx?pageID=7ec7e477-41d3-4806-b4a4-6073c495ffb3

Aon – http://www.rewritinginsurance.aon.co.uk/entertainment-and-media.aspx

IMS – http://filminginsurance.co.uk/insurance-for-film-production.html

Further information on Public Liability Insurance can be found on the UK Film Council website http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/filminsurance

Otherwise call us on 01622 696822 or email filmoffice@kent.gov.uk

Accident and Emergency Services

Map of A+E © KCC

Ashford

William Harvey Hospital

Address: Kennington Road, Ashford, TN24 0LZ

Phone: 01233 633331

Dartford

Darent Valley Hospital

Address: Darenth Wood Road, Dartford, DA2 8DA Phone: 01322 428100

Gillingham

Medway Maritime Hospital

Address: Windmill Road, Gillingham, ME7 5NY

Phone: 01634 830000

Maidstone

Maidstone Hospital

Address: Hermitage Lane, Maidstone, ME16 9QQ

Phone: 01622 729000

Margate

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital

Address: St Peters Road, Margate, CT9 4AN

Phone: 01843 225544

Kent and Canterbury Hospital

Address: Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3NG

Phone: 01227 766877

Open: 24 hours 365 days a year.

Minor Injury Units Canterbury

Kent and Canterbury Hospital

Address: Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3NG

Phone: 01227 766877

Open: 24 hours 365 days a year.

Dover

Buckland Hospital

Address: Coombe Valley Road, Dover

Phone: 01304 201624

Open: 8am-8pm every day except Christmas and Boxing Day.

Deal

Victoria Hospital

Address: London Road, Deal

Phone: 01304 865400

Open: 8am-6pm 365 days a year

Edenbridge

Edenbridge & District War Memorial Hospital

Address: Mill Hill, Edenbridge

Phone 01732 862137

Open: 8.30am-6.30pm every day

Faversham

Faversham Cottage Hospital

Address: Stone Street, Faversham

Phone: 01795 562069

Open: 9:00am-5:00pm 365 days a year

Folkestone

Folkestone NHS Walk-in Centre

Address:Royal Victoria Hospital, Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone

Phone: 01303 850202

Open: Monday to Friday 8am to 10pm, weekends and bank holidays: 9am – 10pm

Gravesend

Gravesend & North Kent Hospital

Address: Bath Street, Gravesend

Phone: 01474 574217

Open: 9am-9pm every day

Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks Hospital

Address: Hospital Road, Sevenoaks

Phone: 01732 470200

Open: 8am-8pm every day

Sheerness

Sheppey Community Hospital

Address: Plover Road, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness

Phone: 01795 879104

Open: 9am-9pm every day.

Sittingbourne

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital

Address: Bell Road, Sittingbourne

Phone: 01795 418300

Open: 9am-9pm every day

Whitstable

Estuary View Medical Centre

Address: Boorman Way, Whitstable, CT5 3SE

Phone: 01227 284300

Open: 8am-6.30pm Monday-Friday

Other Useful Numbers

The Kent Film Office works in partnership with Screen South, who are part of the Filming Partnership London & South East, who run a film commission covering the whole of London and the South East. Screen South also supports training schemes, festivals and film production in the region, as does Film London for the Greater London Catchment area.

Screen South Head OfficeThe Wedge, 75-81 Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1JR

Tel: 01303 259777

http://www.screensouth.org/

Film London

Suite 6.10 The Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JJ

Tel: 020 7613 7676

http://filmlondon.org.uk/

info@filmlondon.org.uk

The Kent Film Office is proud to be a member of the following organisations:

The Guild of Location Managers

PO Box 58010, LONDON, W10 6UZ

http://www.golm.org.uk/