If you have an event planned, please send details to whatson@cavershambridge.org We need to receive these no later than the 10th of the month before the event for inclusion in the printed paper. Later submissions can be included on our online What’s On, which is updated regularly. To see what has been added check: cavershambridge.org/archives/category/around-caversham
Please note, you can find details of early years provision in Caversham, including baby and toddler groups here.
For details of more concerts in December, see here
Caversham Library – 09:00-17:00 Tuesday and Friday, 13:00-19:00 Thursday and 10:00-15:00 Saturday. Regular events include:
Rhymetimes for the little ones – popular, so please book first! Every Tuesday at 10:15 and 11:15.
Games Club, Friday mornings 10:30-12:00. All adults welcome – refreshments!
Sit and Stitch 17:30-19:45, on 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month. Refreshments – come and be inspired.
Tel: 0118 9375103 or see reading.gov.uk/ leisure/all-libraries/caversham-library
Geo Café – Artists Against Homelessness, an ongoing and changing exhibition of art by local artists at Geo Café, Prospect Street. For each sale the artist makes a donation to Launchpad Reading. Open every day.
Mondays – Caversham Park Bridge Club – at the Milestone Centre,19:15 for 19:30 start. Phone Lin 0118 3348195 for further information see bridgewebs.com/cavershampark
Tuesdays – Rivarate Choir – Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. 19:30 in term time. Enjoy singing together. For details see rivarate.com
Wednesdays – Caversham Writers – Welcoming enthusiastic hobbyists and aspiring authors alike. Meeting weekly in person or via Zoom. Free to all. For details: meetup.com/CavershamWriters or @CavershamWriter on Twitter (X)
Wednesdays – Light on the Hill Café – 19:30-21:30 at Grace Church, 119 Peppard Road, RG4 8TR. A wellbeing café for adults 18+. Come as you are for tea and a chat. Please see: www.gracechurchcaversham.org.uk
Wednesdays – The Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band-Neville Hall in Waltham St Lawrence RG10 0JJ. 20:00 – 22:00. Free and friendly club for brass instrumentalists. Email: waltham.band@gmail.com
Thursdays – Friendly Over-60s Social Club – 10:00-13:00 at Milestone Centre, Caversham Park Village. Hot lunch, quizzes and the chance to chat. Contact Cheryl at 07964750182 or Trina at 07477570541
Thursdays – Weller Centre Craft Group – 13:00-15:00. Be creative with friends. For details contact Pam Chatfield at pamch32@gmail.com Mobile 07986 905784 or Weller Centre 0118 947 5828
Thursdays – New Caversham Heights Bridge Club – 14:00 at the Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. For details contact Duncan Knight on 0118 9475544 or email duncan.knight@googlemail.com
Thursdays – Mapledurham Bridge Club – 19:15 for 19:30 start. Mapledurham Pavilion, Upper Woodcote Road, Caversham. For more information see our website www.bridgewebs.com/mapledurham or email: lindasueclark@hotmail.co.uk
Fridays – Warm Welcome Space – 10:00-13:30 at Caversham Baptist Church, South Street, RG4 8HY. All welcome, just drop in for free refreshments, including hot soup from 12:00. Tel: 0118 954 5353 www.cavershambaptistchurch.org.uk
Saturdays – Keep Caversham Tidy – A local charity dedicated to eliminating litter and improving public spaces in Caversham. Free to join and no ongoing commitment. Families welcome! Email Keepcavershamtidy@gmail.com, FB Keep Caversham Tidy
Sundays – Caversham Artisan & Farmers Market – Caversham Precinct, 10:00-15:00. See www.facebook.com/CAFMarket
Sundays – Nordic Walk (or just walking). Free to all. Tel: 07931754096 or email Pat at Wirralbird@hotmail.com
Sundays – Readifolk Song and Music Club – 20:00-22:30 in the Community Hall, Watlington House, RG1 4RA. £8 admission for performances, £3 on singing nights. See www.redifolk.co.uk
20 November 2024 to 01 January 2025 – Exhibition of original artworks by local artist Christabel Forbes – Caversham Picture Framers, Church Road – see https://cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Sunday 1 December –Silchester Walk (SU636629) 10.0 Miles – 10:30. Park in the car park for the Roman Town (nearest postcode RG7 2HJ). The walk is in two parts and is either 6 or 10 miles. Pang Valley Ramblers. One of a programme of regular walks in the area – see https://pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Tuesday 3 December – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 01189 475176
Wednesday 4 December – Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Wednesday 4 December – Christmas Celebration with entertainment from local choir Rivarate – 20:00 at Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall, Highmoor Road. The Caversham Heights Society. To learn more visit cavershamheights.org or email: contact@cavershamheights.org
Friday 6 December – Bereavement Café – 14:00-15:30 at St. Barnabas, Emmer Green. A safe place to find others who have had their own loss and can appreciate something of your experience. For further info Tel. Gill at 0118 9478772
Friday 6 December – Chazey Women’s Institute – 14:30 at St Andrew’s Church Hall. Tel: 01189 470964, or e-mail rowena@primology.com
Friday 6 December – Late night shopping in Caversham – 17:00 – 20:00 See www.facebook.com/Choosecaversham for further information.
Saturday 7 December – Christmas Fair at St Barnabas Emmer Green – 14:00 – 16:00 at St Barnabas Church Hall and Parish Centre, Grove Road, Emmer Green. All proceeds to their African charities. More information: Wendy Howell 07929 874191 or see www.saintbarnabas.org.uk
Saturday 7 December – Green Christmas Tree Sale – see page 9 for details
Wednesday 11 December – Caversham Court Gardens. a talk from Linda Humphreys Evans and Christmas Social – 19:30. Caversham Baptist Church. Caversham Horticultural Society. For details, see www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk
Thursday 12 December – Christmas Cheer – favourite festive carols, hymns and Messiah choruses followed by wassail and mince pies – 19:00. St William of York RC Church, Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JP. Reading Haydn Choir. Tickets £5 on the door, children free. Retiring collection in aid of Launchpad.
Saturday 14 December – Artists & Makers Fair – 10:00 – 16:00 at Caversham Methodist Hall, Gosbrook Road. Local artists and craftspeople display their work for sale. Free entry. For further information phone Jean at 07808 966928 or visit www.cavershamcrafts.co.uk
Saturday 14 December – Performance of Alan Bullard’s ‘A Light in the Stable’ as well as other Christmas favourites – 19:30 South Chiltern Choral Society with the Hill Primary School at Queen Anne’s School. For tickets and information please visit www.southchilternchoralsociety.org.uk
Thursday 24 December – Nativity Live – 15:30 – Starting at the Fox and Hounds – see page 1 for details.
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