Ashford – APLH/NCPLH Personal Licence Course

Holiday Inn Ashford
Canterbury Road
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8QQ
Tel: 01233619682

Start Time: 9.30 am
Finish Time: approx 4.30 pm

 

National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders Course & Examination

This qualification is one of the accredited qualifications required during the application process for a Personal Licence to authorise the sale of alcohol.

 

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Price includes an NCPLH Handbook, Course, Examination and Certificate.

Once you have purchased your course, your joining instructions and some initial pre-reading material can be downloaded your invoice can be printed. Your handbook will be sent to you in the post.

The product may be purchased by Debit or Credit card, or by sending a cheque.

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We can also come to your venue to deliver a course. Minimum candidates 3-6 depending on location.

 

Getting Around Ashford

Ashford is well known as one of England's great transport hubs, overshadowing the likes of Ebbsfleet in the South-East of England.

As far as roads are concerned, Ashford was one of the towns in Kent to become a hub when the roads were turnpiked in the second half of the 18th century. Those roads later became the A20 road from London to the Channel ports; and the A28 which runs from Margate, through Canterbury onto Tenterden and Hastings. Junctions 9 and 10 on the M20 motorway serve the town. Additionally the A251 links the town with Faversham and the M2. The A2070 links the town with Romney Marsh and Rye.

The A292 Ashford Ring Road was created in the 1970s around the town centre in an attempt to relieve congestion along the previous main thoroughfare in the town centre, the narrow East Hill. The Ring Road has recently been converted to two-way traffic again, to minimise the "race track" feel and help bring the isolated town centre back into the rest of the area. There are plans for a fast public transport link between the town centre and the suburbs and main amenities, called "SMARTLINK".

The railway came to Ashford when the South Eastern Railway's London to Dover main line opened between 1842 and 1844, and the company established its locomotive works here. The railway community had its own shops, schools, pubs and bathhouse, and much of the area retains the look of a "railway town"; the works closed in 1981. Ashford became a junction when the line to Margate was opened in 1846; in 1851 today's Marshlink Line to Hastings was opened, and on 1 July 1884 the final connection, from Maidstone, was made.

Ashford International

The Ashford International station opened with the Channel Tunnel in 1994. It now serves Eurostar trains on High Speed 1, with trains to London, Lille and Paris and connections to the rest of Europe. In November 2007 direct services to Brussels were withdrawn and the frequency of trains to Paris was reduced to three per day when Ebbsfleet International railway station opened.

Local firms, residents and politicians were amongst those seeking a less drastic change in the Eurostar timetable. With the introduction of domestic train services in 2009 along the new High Speed One line to St Pancras and Stratford in east London, travel time from Ashford to London will be reduced from 83 to about 37 minutes. A limited preview service for the high speed trains began in July 2009, and the full service launched on the 14th December 2009.

Ashford was formerly served by Lympne Airport, commercial services ceased in 1974. The airport at Lydd, designated London Ashford Airport and approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Ashford, has regular flights to Le Touquet, France by Lydd Air. London Gatwick Airport, the nearest fully international airport is 58 miles (94 km) from Ashford.

 The National Cycle Network, a network of cycle routes in the United Kingdom, includes two routes through Ashford: NCR 17 – Rochester – Maidstone – Ashford – Hythe; and NCR 18 – Canterbury – Ashford – Tenterden – Tunbridge Wells.

The Stour Valley Walk also follows the main river, connecting with other such long distance footpaths in this part of Kent, including the North Downs Way.