Festive decorations

Town Centre Christmas lights

Maidstone Borough Council provides festive decorations for the town centre during the Christmas period through a specialist contractor. 

It involves much negotiation and partnership working with building owners in the town to provide secure fittings to attach the lights too. There are some limitations on this as some of the building facades are to old and too fragile to carry the weight of the lights, particularly in Bank Street.  This is just one of the hazards of living in a town with an extensive history. 

In 2009 many of the fittings and electrical connections had to be replaced for safety reasons. For environmental improvements the light bulbs have been replaced with efficient low energy bulbs which makes savings on electricity.