Welcome to the website off the neighborhood club Kerkehout and Surroundings. The care area of the club is located east of the Rijkstraatweg Wassenaar and is bordered to the south by the Zijdeweg (van der Valk) and on the north by the Papeweg. The club is located in the Community Centre located at the Charlottestraat No. 5 in the Kerkehout district.
The club was founded on October 30, 1933 and aims to represent the common interests of its members, particularly with regard to the proper functioning of the neighborhood community Kerkehout and its surroundings.
Our aim is among other things, monitoring planning developments in and around the area, safety, care of neighborhood and infrastructure, playgrounds and youth services and quality of life.
In addition, committees and subdivisions organize various activities in the community center, such as jazz ballet, children’s afternoons, elderly meetings, billiards, play at cards, elderly gymnastics, open dining, dancing, disco, Sinterklaas, newyear festival, carnival, summer festival etc. Overall a very active club.
The neighborhood is located in a landscape of sand ridges more or less parallel to the coast. The area is part of the protected townscape ”landgoederenzone Wassenaar-Voorschoten-Leidschendam”. It is a unique location whith an unprecedented variety of natural beauty. A walk through the polder, the woods or the estates all belongs to the possibilities. Many green with a protected status surrounds the entire area. There is also a wide variety of density and type of buildings. The core of the area is formed by Kerkehout; This part has a relatively high density and provides an architecturally appropriate form of social housing surrounded by terraced and detached townhouses and villas in the private sector and the small villa district “Persijn”. In addition, located immediately north of Kerkehout lie the estates “Steijn Pluym”, “Hagen Horst” and “Maarheze”. Not long ago, along the Raaphorstlaan the beautiful residential district “Eijkendael” has been realized. This district consists of detached villas which of course are situated between the existing trees. Overall Kerkehout and surroundings is an interesting area where the quiet green area with its rural character combines the advantages of a village with the amenities of the nearby town.