We have created this page to notify website readers of other events that we have been asked to publicise.
Wednesday 2 July 2025 7:00pm “The Canterbury & Whitstable Railway, – The First Railway Romance” introduced by Herne Bay Railway Historian, Mark Jones, at the Seaside Museum, 12 William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5EJ. Admission £6. Please book in advance: Phone 01227 367368 or email Seasidemuseumevents@gmail.com. View the Trailer here: https://youtu.be/0OG0chEfXwk
Thursday 3 July 2025 7:00pm Talk at the Historic Dockyard Chatham In Conversation With… Dr Fred Hocker, Vasa Museum “In Life and Death: what the human remains from the VASA (sunken warship) reveal about the people of the 17th century” Fred Hocker, Director of Research at the VASA Museum, will talk about the Swedish warship which sank on its maiden voyage. Talk is free but but places need to be booked in advance
Sunday 6th July 7:30pm St Thomas More Commemoration Service at St Dunstan’s Church. The guest speaker is Professor Robert Bartlett, CBE, FBA, FRSE. The title of his talk will be “Sir Thomas More and the Saints”. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the church. To see a poster and for further details please click here.
Thursday 10th July, 7:00pm. “The Crab & Winkle Line – Then and Now” plus a progress report from the Crab & Winkle Line Trust. Whitstable Museum, Foresters Hall 5a Oxford Street, Whitstable, CT5 1DB. Email: events@whitstablemuseum.org or phone 01227 264742. Admission Free, donations to the museum would be greatly appreciated. View the Trailer here: https://youtu.be/yrYtK1WN9Xs
Michael Nightingale Memorial Lecture is a joint undertaking between Brook Rural Museum and CKHH. This will be on Tuesday 23 September at 7pm, again with a wine reception from 6.30pm and is an open public lecture. The speaker is Victoria Stevens and the title of her lecture is ‘Conserving Intangibility: the significance of change in heritage collections’
Saturday, 8th November 11am – 4pm Canterbury Society Heritage Expo Event at Westgate Hall. This is expected to be a similar event to last year when there was a series of small talks and over 30 stalls (including CHAS).
More local events of possible interest are advertised on the Centre for Kent History and Heritage webpage.