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, a listing of baby and toddler groups can be found 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 Caversham Library – Reading Borough Council
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. Caversham Park Bridge Club
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 – Weller Voices Community Choir – 19:30-20:30. Weller Centre, 110 Amersham Road, RG4 5NA. Term time only. Singing is fun, free and for all. Join any of our sessions. For details contact wellervoices@gmail.com
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.readifolk.org.uk
Monday 2 February – Building and sailing the Proteus, a talk by local sailors Robin Popham and Paul Waterman – 19:30 doors open, 20:00 talk. Reading Offshore Sailing Club. Upper Thames Motor Yacht Clubhouse, Sonning Mill Island, Reading RG4 6TW. For further details see www.readingoffshore.org.uk or contact sailrosc25@gmail.com
Tuesday 3 February – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 01189 475176
Wednesday 4 February – Crowmarsh Gifford Walk 4.00 Miles – 10:30 SU617892 Meet at The Bell, Crowmarsh Gifford. The Street. OX10 8EF. Park in car park behind the Pub. Walk along the Thames Path and around Wallingford Town Centre. May be muddy in places. Pub lunch available. Pang Valley Ramblers. One of a programme of regular walks in the area – see pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Wednesday 4 February – Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Wednesday 4 February – Water; how we use it and abuse it, a talk by Dr Jane Sellwood – 20:00 The Caversham Heights Society at Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall, Highmoor Road. To learn more visit cavershamheights.org or email: contact@cavershamheights.org
Friday 6 February – 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 February – Chazey Women’s Institute – 14:30 at St Andrew’s Church Hall. Tel: 01189 470964, or e-mail rowena@primology.com
Saturday 14 February – Valentine’s Day Concert – 14:30 Reading Symphony Orchestra, Great Hall, University of Reading. For details, see www.rso.org.uk
Wednesday 18 February – Humanoid Robotics, a talk by Nigel Balchin – 20:00 The Caversham Heights Society at Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall, Highmoor Road. To learn more visit cavershamheights.org or email: contact@cavershamheights.org
Wednesday 18 February – Showing Delphiniums at Chelsea, talk by Mark Lyman – 19:30 Caversham Horticultural Society online talk (using Zoom), ticket only via Eventbrite. Access granted from 19:30 and the talk will start shortly afterwards. Details www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk
Saturday 21 February – Concerts in Caversham Spring Concert – 19:30 St Andrew’s Church, Albert Road, Caversham RG4 7PL Visit www.concertsincaversham.co.uk for details
Monday 23 February – Sutton Hoo, an illustrated talk by Dr Jennifer Foster (University of Reading) – 14:00 Reading u3a, Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading. Non-members welcome, free entry. See www.readingu3a.org.uk
Friday 27 February – La chanson française. Join Arnaud on a musical trip down memory lane – 19:30-21:30 Le Cercle Français at Church House, 59 Church Street, RG4 8AX. For those who are learning French, love France and for French nationals. Admission £5 welcome drink included. See www.readingfrenchcircle.co.uk for programme. Email readingcerclefrancais@gmail.com
Coming soon
Monday 2 March – Sailing the sun, a talk by Barrie Neilson, founder of Sailing Holidays – 19:30 doors open, 20:00 talk. Reading Offshore Sailing Club. Upper Thames Motor Yacht Clubhouse, Sonning Mill Island, Reading RG4 6TW. For details see entry above for 2 February.
Saturday 7 March – Mozart’s Così fan tutte by Merry Opera – 19:00 St Andrew’s Church, Caversham. See page 16 for details. Tickets, £22, available from www.merryopera.co.uk/cosifantutte
Gardeners Prepare!
Caversham Horticultural Society Spring show will be on Saturday 28 March 2026. Details www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk
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