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.
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. 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 their website at 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
Until Saturday 10 May – Exhibition of original pastels and oil paintings by Keshani Douglas – Caversham Picture Framer, Church Road – for details see cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Friday 2 May – Chazey Women’s Institute – 14:30 at St Andrew’s Church Hall. Tel: 01189 470964, or e-mail rowena@primology.com
Friday 2 May – 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
Saturday 3 May – Caversham Horticultural Society Plant Sale – 10:00-11:00, Oakley Road Allotments (next to vets)
Saturday 3 – Monday 5 May – Henley Arts Trail – For more information, visit www.henleyartstrail.com or follow them on social media @henleyartstrail
Sunday 4 May – Dawn Chorus Walk at Clayfield Copse – 5:00 for the early birds, tea/coffee available at 6:15. Walk continues to 7:00. Children welcome with an adult. Meet in Caversham Park Road car park, RG4 6AA. Contact 07748 766340. Confirmation would be appreciated. To see a list of last year’s sightings visit www.econetreading.org
Monday 5 May – Island Bohemian Bowls Club open day – 14:00 – 19:00 See www.islandbohemianbowls.club/give-bowls-a-try
Monday 5 May – Community tea party to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day – 14:00 – 17:00. If you are not involved in a street party, why not join this celebration? Caversham Baptist Church, South Street, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire RG4 8HY
Tuesday 6 May – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 01189 475176
Wednesday 8 May – Cookley Green circular walk (SU692902) 4.6 miles – 10:30 A walk down through the woods towards Swyncombe Church, enjoying views over the Chilterns. Then join Swans Way and up a gentle uphill stretch for approximately 2 miles to Ewelme Place before heading back through the woods to Cookley Green. This walk may be muddy in places. One of a programme of regular walks in the area – see https://pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Wednesday 8 May – Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Saturday 10 May – 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 10 May – Five Days that Changed the World (Chilcott) complemented by music spanning six centuries – 19:30 Concert at St Andrews Church, Caversham. RG4 7PL Tickets, £18 / Under 18’s £5, via the website or on the door. www.readingbachchoir.org.uk
Saturday 10 to Sunday 18 May – Reading Walks Festival. See readingwalksfestival.org for details.
Tuesday 13 May – CADRA AGM and Open Meeting – 19:30 The New Testament Church of God, next to Caversham Library. Caversham and District Residents Association AGM (brief) followed by two speakers from Savills, who will discuss Planning – how the system works and what is changing. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Wednesday 14 May – The Story of Chiltern Seeds, a talk by Nina Deadfield – 19:30 Caversham Horticultural Society. Caversham Baptist Church (opposite Waitrose). £3 for non-members. Light refreshments post talk. For details, see www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk
Thursday 15 – Saturday 17 May – Plant Sale to support Water Aid and the Red Cross – 10:00 – 17:00 daily, 97 South View Avenue, RG$ 5BB. Contact phil.chatfield1@gmail.com for details.
Friday 16 – Sunday 18 May – Fourbears Fest literary festival. For details and tickets see www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk
Wednesday 21 May – Tiles for the Abbey: A medieval Tilery and Occupation at 40-68 Silver Street, a talk by David Sanchez – 19:30 The History of Reading Society meeting at Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading. Meeting is open to all. Visitors are asked to pay £2 each to attend.
Thursday 22 – Saturday 24 May – Murder At Bedside Manor, a play by Roger Utting – 20:00 Thursday/Friday, 19:00 Saturday. Caversham Park Theatre at the Milestone Centre. Bedside Manor – a quiet, gentle retirement home for doctors and nurses. Or it was until murder raised it’s shocking head. Details and tickets from www.cavparktheatre.org
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