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
Tuesday 4 February – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 01189 475176
Wednesday 5 February – Cold Ash walk SU510703 5.3 miles – 10:30. Start in recreation ground CP on Hermitage Road (nearest Post Code RG18 9JH). A varied walk to Grimsbury Castle (the site of an Iron Age ‘multiple enclosure’ Hill Fort) via Westrop Green before returning. Pang Valley Ramblers. One of a series of regular walks in the area – see https://pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Wednesday 5 February– Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Wednesday 5 February – Assistance Dogs – Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, a talk by Irene Rich – 20:00 at Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. The Caversham Heights Society. www.cavershamheights.org
Friday 7 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 7 February – Chazey Women’s Institute – 14:30 at St Andrew’s Church Hall. Tel: 01189 470964, or e-mail rowena@primology.com
Saturday 8 February – Concerts in Caversham Early Spring Concert with pianist Ariel Lanyi – 19:30 St Andrew’s Church, Albert Road, Caversham, RG4 7PL. Tickets: £26, £24, £18 under 16s free.
For details and to book, visit www.concertsincaversham.co.uk/concerts/early-spring-concert-2
Friday 14 February until Saturday 29 March – Pablo Picasso – a collection of over 30 of his artworks including lithographs, etchings and woodcuts – Caversham Picture Framers, Church Road – see https://cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Wednesday 19 February – The Winter Garden. a talk from Richard Barnes – 19:30. Online via Zoom. Caversham Horticultural Society. For details, see www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk
Wednesday 19 February – Brunel and the Great Western Railway, a talk by Lionel Williams – 20:00 at Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. The Caversham Heights Society. www.cavershamheights.org
Monday 24 February – The Questionable History of the TV Quiz Show, a talk by Jeff Evans – 14.00 at Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading. Reading u3a. Non-members welcome, free entry. See www.readingu3a.org.uk
Friday 28 February – Un quiz de pub – 19:30-21:30 at Church House, 59 Church Street, RG4 8AX. Test your general knowledge and have fun with a team pub quiz hosted by Carol Flett. Le Cercle Français, for those who are learning French, love France and for French nationals. Admission £5 welcome drink included. Email readingcerclefrancais@gmail.com Website www.readingfrenchcircle.co.uk
Advance notice for gardeners
Saturday 29 March – Caversham Horticultural Society Spring Show – Caversham Baptist Church Hall 13:00 to 15:00 See www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk/spring-show for details including the show schedule.
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