Millennium Field, Biddenden

Turn in to Old Mill Court on the A262, 230 m S of Biddenden High Street, and immediately turn left to Biddenden Village Hall. Park in the car park behind the Hall and leave by the far end to the Millennium Field. The sundial is at the south end of the 20 acre field and access is across about 1/4 mile of rough meadow land, so be suitably shod. The dial is formed from stone paving slabs set in a concrete base. The hours are Arabic numerals on chamfered square grey slabs, with an inner arc for BST 6am to 9pm, and an outer for GMT 7am to 6pm. The date array is carved on similar slabs and runs from DEC to JUL on the left and JAN to JUN on the right, with a pair of slabs reading ‘Walk in the sun / now and always’ at the foot. To the head is a circular slab with N, S, E and W, surrounded by cut corner stones labelled with the intermediate compass points. Alongside is a topograph with directions and distances of both local towns and villages, and also more distant overseas locations. At the north end of the field are carved and charred tree-stump statues representing the cycle of life and death. A notice on the Village Hall in the car park describes the whole enterprise.