1. HARWICH SOCIETY COMMISSIONS PLAQUE TO RECOGNISE FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN POET AND AUTHOR

    For the final thirty years of his life, Australian author and poet, Randolph Stow, chose to live in Harwich and the Harwich Society has commissioned a plaque to recognise his…

  2. BOBBIT’S STROLL ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS

    The Harwich Society’s ‘Bobbit’s Stroll’ charity event has become a firm favourite on people’s summer calendar and the 2025 Bobbit’s Stroll was another great success. Bobbit’s Hole is the Harwich…

  3. Free Friday summer holiday activity at Harwich Maritime Museum

    Harwich Maritime Museum will open its ‘make a lighthouse activity’ for the school holidays. For the third year running the Harwich Maritime Museum, off Harbour Crescent, will be open every…

  4. HARWICH SOCIETY DELIGHT AT DONATION OF LEONARD SQUIRRELL PAINTING

    The Harwich Society is delighted to receive a painting by the famous East Anglian artist, Leonard Squirrell, prior to a collection of his work being sold at auction. The collection…

  5. Additional Harwich Society quiz for St Helena Hospice

    The Harwich Society Quiz Team runs monthly quiz nights at the Royal Oak public house as fund raisers for the Harwich Society and are very grateful to Andrea King and…

  6. NEW! Harwich Society WhatsApp Channel

    Keep up to date with the latest Harwich Society news and updates on our WhatsApp channel.

  7. HARWICH IS THE PLACE TO VISIT OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND

    Even if you have lived in Harwich for all of your life why not treat yourself to a day out over the Easter weekend visiting the Harwich Society visitor attractions…

  8. MARCH MONTHLY TALK ON ESSEX AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

    As the Harwich Society’s Winter programme of monthly talks nears its end, the March talk on Friday 28th March will focus on a subject very close to the Harwich Society’s…

  9. KIND DONATION MADE TO BOBBIT’S HOLE NATURE RESERVE

    The recent reporting of a spillage of cooking oil into the local drainage system resulting in the stream and lake at the Harwich Society’s Bobbit’s Hole nature reserve being coated…

  10. Harwich Society monthly talk should go with a bang

    Outside of the busy Summer season, the Harwich Society runs a programme of monthly talks throughout the winter and these are a very popular aspect of Harwich Society membership. On…