2025
Tuesday May 27th 2025 2:30pm. A guided walk around St Nicholas Hospital and Church, Harbledown. This event is exclusive to CHAS members, who will receive further details and booking instructions via email. Cost £12 including refreshments. This is now fully booked but please contact CHAS If you’d like to go on a waiting list.
Saturday June 28th 2025 2:30pm. A Sidney Cooper Event at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Canterbury. This event is open to all with no need to pre-book. Cost £10 includes a reading from Sidney Cooper’s autobiography, and tour of the Church and refreshments. (The Church and the Sidney Cooper Research Group have taken over organisation of this event).
Saturday July 5th 2025 2:30pm. A guided walk around St John’s Hospital and Church, Northgate. This event is exclusive to CHAS members, who will receive further details and booking instructions via email. Cost £12 including refreshments. This is now fully booked but please contact CHAS If you’d like to go on a waiting list.
2024
Saturday June 29th 2024 2:30pm. A guided walk around St Dunstan’s Area.
Peter Berg, St Dunstan’s Area Resident for 30 years, and accredited Canterbury City and Cathedral guide led this walk. You can read a summary of this event by clicking here.
Monday July 8th 2024 2:00pm. Hard Hat Tour of Maison Dieu (Dover)
Martin Crowther, Community Engagement Officer led this tour showcasing the spectacular building and the ongoing renovations. You can read a summary of this tour by clicking here.
2023
Guided Musical History Walk with Q and A over Tea and Cake, May 20th 2023. To read a summary of this event please click here.
Guided Walk around King’s School, July 14th 2023. You can read a brief summary of this event by clicking here.
Gravesend, Saturday June 25th, 2022
A very successful outing to Gravesend, in the company of blue badge guide, Jenny Watson-Bore, took place on June 25th. A brief report may be provided later.
The first row of images below provides 3 pictures from the Gravesend trip.
CHAS is excited to confirm that this year there is an opportunity to visit Gravesend in the company of wonderful blue badge guide, Jenny Watson-Bore. Currently she plans to take us to see the rich heritage of the Gravesend River Thames waterfront, to St. George’s Church and the statue of Pocahontas, to Gravesend oldest building dating from the fourteenth century, to a famous modern building and much more.
Approximate Itinerary:
Departure from Canterbury in a small coach, three pick-up points starting at 9 a.m.
Morning visits
St. George’s Church and Pocahontas statue
The market (one of the oldest in the country), the Town Hall and the High Street
Bawley Bay and Anchor Cove – these were embarkation points for colonists sailing to New Zealand and Australia in the early nineteenth century.
The Customs House
Gravesend’s associations with Charles Dickens.
Afternoon visits
Milton Chantry in the Fort Gardens. The Chantry is the oldest building in Gravesend and dates from the 1320s; it is all that remains of the Hospital of St Mary the Virgin leper hospital.
New Tavern Fort and its associations with General Gordon
The Gurdwara which is one of the largest Sikh temples in Britain N.B. Men and women must cover their head to visit the Gurdwara and women should not wear skirts or dresses.