Our Venues
Throughout our festival weekend you can enjoy some brilliant family storytelling events in the beautiful surroundings of World Heritage Site and England's oldest cathedral. As long as the weather co-operates, storytelling will be taking place in the medieval herb garden in the cloisters of the Cathedral, and if it's raining it will be in the Chapter House, where the monks used to meet daily.
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Central Canterbury, accessible by bus and a short walk from Canterbury East & West stations. Nearest car parking Quenin Gate.
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Step free access throughout, lifts available. Accessible toilets. Quiet space available.
The weekend our festival launches is also the launch weekend of the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge and we are working with the library to add a brilliant range of interactive events, story treasure hunts, meet the author and more in their beautiful spaces.
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Central Canterbury, accessible by bus, and from Canterbury East and West train stations. Nearest car park St Radigund's.
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Step free access throughout, lifts available. Accessible toilets. Sensory bags & social stories available. Quiet space available.
Sturry's very own beautiful bookshop cafe will ​
be hosting many events over the festival weekend, with a plethora of different things happening and all the tasty snacks for everyone while you create.
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Sturry, accessible by bus from Canterbury, Herne & Thanet, 2 mins walk from Sturry train station. Limited, on street parking (1 hour) or use Sturry Road Park & Ride.​
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Step free access, small spaces. Sensory bags & social stories available. Quiet space available.
We love our local board game cafe and are thrilled to be running a Storytelling Board Games event for you during the festival! Spend a couple of hours exploring the wonderful world of guided storytelling through board games with us, and come back later to discover more on your own!​
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Central Canterbury, accessible by bus or a short walk from Canterbury East and a slightly longer one from Canterbury West station. Nearest car park Quenin Gate/Whitfriars/Watling St.
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No step free access due to age of building. Sensory bags & social stories available. Quiet space available.
The Old Synagogue
We are very lucky to be able to use this not often seen space tucked away in the heart of the city. On Saturday 12th July we'll have events both inside and out of The Old Synagogue, so come along and enjoy a look around one of the city's secret spaces!
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Central Canterbury, accessible by bus or a short walk from Canterbury West and a slightly longer one from Canterbury East station. Nearest car park St Radigunds Street.
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Step free access, accessible toilet. Sensory bags & social stories available. Quiet space available.
The children's section in Waterstones, Canterbury has always been a beautiful thing and we are thrilled that they are one of the venues for our inaugural festival. They will be hosting storytimes, drawalongs, author q&a's and lots more over the course of the weekend.
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Central Canterbury, accessible by bus or an easy walk from Canterbury East, a slightly longer walk from Canterbury West. Nearest car parks are Whitefriars multi storey or Watling Street.
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Step free access, lift available. Accessible toilet. Sensory bags & social stories available. Quiet space available.
Stories happen outdoors just as much as indoors at tables and chairs, and there will be a range of events happening at The Wildwood Trust in Herne throughout the festival weekend. Including a poetry trail created by local school children, storytelling, author events and craft workshops. Explore stories in the open air and see some amazing animals as you go!
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Usual park charges apply. Herne, accessible by bus from Canterbury, Thanet & Sturry train station. Parking on site.
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Step free access, accessible toilet. Sensory bags & social stories available. Quiet space available.