Culture Is More Than You Think: Why the Next 10 Years Matter for Canterbury
What is a Culture Strategy – and why now? The Culture Strategy is a formal document that sets out how the Council will support, promote and invest in culture over the next decade. It touches everything from: Community spaces and heritage buildings Street festivals and...
Save Canterbury’s Heritage Streetlights
Residents call for Canterbury City Council to issue an emergency Article 4 Direction Canterbury’s distinctive cast-iron streetlights – many still stamped with the old Canterbury City Corporation crest – are under threat. Kent County Council (KCC) is condemning...
Local Government Reorganisation: an update
Dave Wilson warns that without action, Canterbury could lose its City status and local control under reorganisation plans. It is usually the case that no-one is much interested in local government or what it does … until something goes wrong that directly affects...
AGM 2025
Canterbury Society AGM 2025 Held on Wednesday 17th September 2025 at Fruitworks Co-working, Jewry Lane, Canterbury. Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual General Meeting. The evening combined the formal business of the Society with an engaging presentation by...
Canterbury Society Response to the Council’s Draft Local Plan (Regulation 18) Consultation
The submission welcomes areas of progress while raising serious concerns about infrastructure capacity, environmental protection, and the deliverability of the current growth proposals. The response was prepared by Deputy Chair Guy Mayhew along with Acting Chair John...
Update 30th October 2025: View our Campaign and Press ReleasePlans to remove nine original cast-iron lampposts in Cossington Road have sparked a strong backlash from local residents and heritage experts, who describe the move “a needless act of cultural vandalism.”...
Canterbury Society Response to the Council’s Draft Net Zero Action Plan
The Canterbury Society welcomes the publication of the City Council’s draft Net Zero Action Plan and has submitted the following response ahead of the consultation deadline on Monday 6 October. Our comments focus on: the need for clear performance indicators and...
Blue Plaques Unveiled at St Augustine’s Abbey
On Thursday 4 September 2025, the Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Keji Moses, accompanied by Lady Mayoress Carol Reed, led a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil a series of commemorative plaques on the outer Longport wall of St Augustine’s Abbey, part of Canterbury’s UNESCO...
Could You Be Our Next Treasurer?
Do you have a head for numbers and a few hours to spare each month? The Canterbury Society is looking for a new Honorary Treasurer to help us manage our modest finances and support our work making Canterbury a better place to live, work, and play. We’re a...
Godmersham House Visit
The Canterbury Society organised a super event at Godmersham House on 17th May and twenty members attended. The weather was glorious and the lovely staff (including Jane Austen in full costume!) gave us a talk in the old Church and showed us around...