Background

Sevenoaks is situated about 20 miles south east of London, in rural Kent. Sevenoaks can be described as a fairly traditional town, with some light industry, shopping areas, many churches, pubs and restaurants. The Town centre is becoming more modern with the high street full of young people most Saturday evenings, making use of the larger number of bars, clubs, pubs and eateries.

There are reasonable leisure centres in the area. It is close to the M25/M26 interchange and there are several rail stations in the area. Many residents commute to London for work and many teenagers commute to schools in Tonbridge or Tunbridge Wells. Typically people tend to move away to further education or jobs at nineteen and cannot afford to move back until they are in their thirties. This tends towards an elderly and conservative community in some of the villages and churches. The young people who live in the villages often feel that there is nothing for them as they cannot easily get transport in to the town, and indeed meeting young people on the street in villages is just as important as town centre work.