Leading TV, film and stage actor Alexandra Gilbreath (Monarch of the Glen, Life Begins, The Bill, Not Going Out, etc) has kindly agreed to speak at the Grand Aphra Behn […]

We are delighted to announce that the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys and the Canterbury Academy have shown their support for the Aphra Behn Statue Project by entering into […]

On the morning of Sunday 8 May, David Reekie, Julian Waltho and Charlotte Cornell led a large troupe of enthralled tourists through the streets of Canterbury in the footsteps of […]

The Society’s programme of fundraising events for the Aphra Behn statue got off to a wonderful start on Friday 29 April. An audience of some 70 fans packed into Lower […]

The Canterbury Commemoration Society is delighted to announce that the celebrated award-winning author Jenny Uglow OBE has agreed to become their inaugural Honorary Vice-President. Jenny, sometime Chair of the Royal […]

We are delighted to announce that the outstanding Heppington Vineyard have generously offered to provide the wine for our Grand Aphra Fundraising Dinner and Auction on 16 July. How appropriate […]

A site has been identified in Harbledown for a blue plaque commemorating the birthplace of Aphra Behn. Behn was baptised on 14th December 1640 at St Michael’s, Harbledown. The church […]

At a meeting with the Canterbury Society and members of the BID team, discussions were held about forming an annual or biannual Canterbury Heritage Forum where all groups connected to […]

While our Society is dedicated to the commemoration, preservation and celebration of the rich heritage of Canterbury and the surrounding area, we decry the destruction of heritage sites anywhere in […]