Cllr. Sally Waters, Lord Mayor of Canterbury 2015-16, says, “I’d like to say a big thanks to Spokes, and particularly their Chair Steve Fawke, for refurbishing Canterbury’s civic bike. ... read more
Dear Friends of Kingsmead Field If you were wondering what the diggers were doing recently on Kingsmead Field, you will be relieved to know that they were preparing the ground for the creation of a large ... read more
Thank you to everyone who helped at our recent clear-up of the Crab and Winkle embankment between Clare Road and Station Road in Whitstable. Lots of local residents helped at the clear-up and helped with ... read more
Work to The Great South Window is due to be completed this year (2016). The new panels of clear glass, which will protect the stained glass against the elements, are being carefully installed by expert ... read more
KSCP have installed a nightjar picnic table in RSPB Blean Woods. The seat was made by Steve Portchmouth through a partnership between KSCP, Canterbury City Council and the RSPB. It is on the ride which ... read more
The St Peter’s Residents’ Association (SPA) is a voluntary association representing the interests of people living in the St Peter’s, Northgate, Blackfriars and adjoining areas of ... read more
The church sits on a hill in the centre of the village and is approached through private land on public footpaths and a gravelled track. It is sometimes known as the Church in the Garden. Parking is on the ... read more
A strategy for the riverside corridor between Chartham and Sturry 2015 to 2020. Canterbury is synonymous with history and great beauty. It is the birthplace of christanity in Britain and a destination for ... read more
Just passed by and saw this. I had no idea it was happening. I haven’t seen any plans for what’s being done here. A new showroom? Accommodation? read more
Jennifer Jordan (28) and Samuel Matthews (27) joined the Cathedral as apprentice stonemasons in September 2008. Through hard work and dedication, they have gained the invaluable knowledge, training, and ... read more
The people who work to conserve the Cathedral’s fabric are highly skilled artists and craftspeople. Their work requires sensitivity to the spirit of the building. The aim is to slow down the process of ... read more
A magical boatride on the River Stour through the heart of Canterbury, offering a unique vantage point to some of the most stunning and important historical architecture. read more
For the past 8 years I’ve been visiting a large grey poplar tree to have a look at the chickens roosting up in its boughs and clawing to its trunk. Normally I see such chickens doing their thing in/on ... read more
Reconnecting to the landscape is far from straightforward in the British Isles where every bit of land is under some form of ownership and an individual’s freedoms are beset by a long history of intricate ... read more
The Canterbury Journey has been working with talented Canterbury College photographic students to produce a new portfolio of stunning behind-the-scenes images of the Cathedral’s creative spaces, important ... read more
Butterflies and insects will be catered for as landscape design work gets underway in Canterbury City Council’s popular Westgate Gardens this week. The latest project is part of the improvement works ... read more
Our organ accompanies our worship at the Sung Eucharist and Choral Evensong services each Sunday, leading the hymns, accompanying the choir as they sing anthems and canticles, and playing music before and ... read more
A few Canterbury letter boxes are worth a second look (let us know if you wish to suggest others): The heavy traffic of Military Road passes Canterbury’s only remaining Victorian letter box (Image 1) ... read more
The water tower stands to the north of the cathedral. It was built in the 1160s under the direction of Prior Wibert, located close to the dormitory passage as monks washed their hands here in the ... read more
Introduction This church is dedicated to St Dunstan, and is located at the western end of the street to which it gave its name. It was well known to most visitors to Canterbury, particularly the many ... read more
Introduction These buildings at 43-45 High Street, and the yard accessed between them, form a group whose connections go back to at least 1200 and contain probably the most flamboyant building facade in ... read more
With the full title of the Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr upon Eastbridge, the Eastbridge hospital is partly constructed over the River Stour and is often overlooked in favour of the well known views of ... read more
Canterbury ‘street furniture’ includes three electricity boxes, one by Westgate in Pound Lane, another outside the Three Tuns pub in Watling street, and a third in Oaten Hill. The three boxes ... read more
Down Canterbury Lane (running by the side of Superdrug) we find a memorial plaque (Image 1) which reminds us of the Quaker Friends’ Meeting House which stood here for over 250 years. Opened in 1687, ... read more
Canterbury enjoyed county status, separate from Kent, from the 1500s onwards. With the coming of county boroughs and setting up of County Councils in 1888, Canterbury was again, amazingly, granted separate ... read more
Rob Turner is currently the Resident Armchair Artist at The Beaney in Canterbury. I didn’t know I was going to start this residency with the Radfall, it just jumped out at me. I was looking through a ... read more
LOCATED at Beverley Meadow, Canterbury. The Beverley Farm Footpath Arch was built between 1825 and 1830 during the construction of the Canterbury to Whitstable Railway to provide safe access for cattle ... read more
Spent a wonderful day, along with the fantastic Simpson family, in solidarity with refugees and detainees, as part of Refugee Tales. Today was the second day ofnine, from Shepherdswell to Canterbury, 10.5 ... read more
Another improvement to the Westgate Gardens, the paths have been given a light coloured surface dressing which enhances the improved planting that has taken place recently. LOOKING GOOD. read more
Anna Bell, Westgate Parks development Officer, giving a briefing to volunteers at the Umbrella Centre about the Friends of Westgate Parks Open Day and Community Archaeological Dig that is taking place on ... read more
The mission of the Abbot’s Mill Project is to develop an urban hub of sustainability and social justice, powered solely by non-centralised, renewable energy, principally thought re-instating a water ... read more
Sir Roger Manwood’s tomb, the work of Colt, who also designed Elizabeth I’s tomb, is in the church, where he endowed an annual sermon on ‘the frailty and vain delights of the world’. As Lord Chief Baron of ... read more
In 1837, Mary Hales, a Carmelite nun, inherited the Hales Place estate. She turned this brick and flint belvedere, decorated with knuckle bones, into a chapel. Failing to found either a nunnery, or a ... read more
St Stephen’s has a ring of eight bells and these are rung regularly before the Sung Eucharist and Choral Evensong on a Sunday, and other Church occasions and festivals. The Tower caters for all ages and ... read more
