OHSCA

Events Diary : Forthcoming Events


Litter Pick

Date : Saturday 20th June 10:30am

Venue : Meet at Holman’s Meadow Car Park, Dover St.

Pickers, rubbish bags and Hi Vis vests will be provided but please bring your own gloves.


Summer Lunch

Date : Saturday 11th July (Rain Date 12th July)

Venue : Home of Alison Culverwell and Francis Green, Ethelbert Rd, Canterbury

Bring a dish or drinks to share at this popular event.


Local History Group Meeting

Date : Tuesday 19th May 2026 at 2.00pm

Venue : 'Two Sawyers’, Ivy Lane .

All Members are welcome. The group will be meeting every 4 months in 2026.


OHSCA Drop-in meetings

Monthly Coffee Mornings, every 4th Wednesday 10.30am,
at Hampden by Hilton Hotel, St. Margaret’s Street.

These informal meetings offer members the opportunity to meet committee members to provide feedback on OHSCA activities, express concerns / interests and hear what the committee has been up to on their behalf. From 11 am for up to about an hour. Can be inside or out depending on the weather. The next ones will be on 27th May, 24th June, 22nd July, 26th August, 23rd September, 28th October and 25th November.


Friday Morning Walks

We are restarting walks every Friday from 10th April at 10am. Please meet at the main entrance of the Kent & Canterbury Hospital.


OHSCA AGM 2026

Date : Friday 23rd October 2026 6:30pm

Venue : Kendall Hall, St. Mary Bredin Church, Nunnery Fields.


Canterbury Heritage Expo

Date : Saturday 28th November, 2026 10am-4pm

Venue : Westgate Hall, Canterbury

OHSCA will have a stand at this city-wide event.


Local Author and other Talks

Talk on the Local Government Reorganisation by Richard Norman

Date : Tuesday 21st April 6:45pm

Venue : Kent & Canterbury Club, 17 Old Dover Road

There is limited space – please sign up at social@ohsca.org


Book Launch :
‘The Story of the Kent & Canterbury Club at the Elms’

Date : Tuesday 30th June at 6:30pm

Venue : The Kent & Canterbury Club, 17, Old Dover Road


Talk by the Reverend Dr Perry Butler and Visit to the Eastbridge Hospital & Franciscan Gardens

Date : Saturday 18th July at 11am

Venue : Eastbridge Hospital, 25 High St, Canterbury


The ‘Dead End Gang’ by Hugh Jocelyn

Date : Tuesday 29th September

Venue : Kent and Canterbury Club, 17 Old Dover Road, Canterbury


OHSCA Xmas Fayre Dec 2018
Christmas Fayre in the undercroft of Eastbridge hospital
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History walk leader Michael Steed (seated) contemplates
and describes his medieval house in Oaten Hill