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Whitstable and the Oyster Industry

Whitstable and the Oyster Industry Keam’s Yard Car Park, Island Wall 6.30pm to 8.00pm A walk with local historian Geoffrey Pike locating the reminders of this once great industry and exploring its history. Tickets 2.50 Available at the Whitstable Improvement Trust


From Whitstable with Love

From Whitstable with Love Caxton Contemporary, High Street 10.30 am to 5.00pm In this contemporary arts project, artists have been invited to makes works, revisiting and reinterpreting


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 10.00pm to 4.00pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


Glowing Grotters

Glowing Grotters Reeves Beach Dusk onwards When darkness falls, all the grotters built in the afternoon will be lit to provide a magical


Blessing of the Waters

Blessing of the Waters Sea Wall / Reeves Beach 6.45pm This traditional event, appeasing the cruel seas and giving thanks for its bounty, dates back to


Grotters between the Groynes

Grotters between the Groynes Reeves Beach 3pm to 5pm It’s time to start collecting oyster shells. It’s time to make your own glorious grotter. A Whitstable


Walk in Time

Walk in Time Meet Keam’s Yard car park, Island Wall 12noon Discover Whitstable past and present as you walk in time with Whitstable’s own


From Whitstable with Love

From Whitstable with Love Caxton Contemporary, High Street 10.30 am to 5.00pm In this contemporary arts project, artists have been invited to makes works, revisiting and reinterpreting


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 10.00pm to 4.00pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


Sheds on the Seashore

Sheds on the Seashore Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre 7.00pm to 8.30pm Historian and author Kathryn Ferry reveals how the diminutive painted structures lining our coast have evolved over the centuries. In her illustrated talk the nation’s beach hut expert


A Trail of Talk with Tea

A Trail of Talk with Tea Whitstable Harbour South Quay – meeting point 2.00pm Join celebrated local historian Geoffrey Pike for an enjoyably informative walking tour of Whitstable. Presented with the


From Whitstable with Love

From Whitstable with Love Caxton Contemporary, High Street 10.30 am to 5.00pm In this contemporary arts project, artists have been invited to makes works, revisiting and reinterpreting


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 10.00pm to 4.00pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


100 Years of Whitstable in Film

100 Years of Whitstable in Film with Tony Blake Horsebridge Arts & Community Centre 7.30pm Tony Blake makes a welcome return to the Horsebridge with a selection of rare archive footage showing Whitstable as it used to be. A must see event for all those who love Whitstable whether residents or visitors. Entry £6 (£4 [...]


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 1.00pm to 4.00pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


Walk in Time

Walk in Time Meet Keam’s Yard car park, Island Wall 3.00pm to 4.00pm In this gentle amble around old Whitstable Brian Baker connects yesterday to


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 1.00pm to 4.00pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


Coastal History – A Whitstable Walkabout

Coastal History – A Whitstable Walkabout with Kent Wildlife Trust Meet outside Hotel Continental, Beach Walk 4.30pm Discover the history of Whitstable and walk back along the beach to see “the Street”, in this walking


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 1.00pm to 4.00pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


From Whitstable with Love

From Whitstable with Love Caxton Contemporary, High Street 11.00 am to 4.00pm In this contemporary arts project, artists have been invited to makes works, revisiting and reinterpreting


The Oyster Parade

The Oyster Parade Bowls Centre, Whitstable Harbour (Zone C) to Oxford Street (Zone B) Starts at approx 12.30 to 12.45pm Now the fun truly begins! In a modern celebration of an old tradition, the Oyster Parade distributes bags of oysters to inns and restaurants in the town centre, accompanied by local giants, musicians and


Landing of the Oysters

Landing of the Oysters Long Beach (Follow the road to the right of the harbour basin around to the beach). 12 noon approx Landing of the Oysters marks the official beginning of Whitstable’s Oyster Festival. Each year, hundreds of people watch as a catch of oysters are brought ashore in a traditional


From Whitstable with Love

From Whitstable with Love Caxton Contemporary, High Street 10.30 am to 5.00pm In this contemporary arts project, artists have been invited to makes works, revisiting and reinterpreting


Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday!

Beside the Seaside: the great British holiday! (exhibition) Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 10am to 4pm Discover the story of the seaside holiday from Victorian times to the present, through the memories of local people. Including art, photos, postcards and


Relic! Join the Quest

Relic! Join the Quest Whitstable Museum, Oxford Street 10am to 4pm Explore the galleries with clues from the ghost of tour guide Agatha in a fun family quest inspired by the popular Children’s BBC Relic! programme. Certificate and