Citadel Sessions: Creative Night

Relax and get creative after hours at the Citadel Welcome Centre Café.

Join us for a relaxed creative evening at the Citadel Welcome Centre Café. This after‑hours session gives you time and freedom to be creative in whatever way feels right for you.

Bring something you're already working on, try out a brand new idea, or simply enjoy the atmosphere and company—there’s no workshop, no pressure, and no expectations. Just a welcoming space to create, chat, and be inspired by Western Heights and Dover’s landscape and history.

We’ll provide a range of basic art supplies, and you’re welcome to bring your own. All art forms are welcome: painting, drawing, photography, creative writing, crafting, and more. Whether you’re experienced or brand‑new to creative activities, you’re very welcome.

This session is also a chance to create or submit work for an upcoming Citadel Sessions exhibition. The exhibition will celebrate how Western Heights impacts and inspires local people—through memories, emotions, favourite views, personal connections, or moments of calm. Every creative interpretation is welcome, and every contribution helps tell the story of what this landscape means to our community.

The café will be open throughout the evening, with tea, coffee, cakes and other refreshments available to buy.

Spaces are limited to 30, so please book in advance.

This event is part of English Heritage's Reaching Greater Heights project and Dover District Council's Western Heights Regeneration project.

Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. Reaching Greater Heights is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to restore historic chalk grasslands at Dover Castle and Western Heights, protect rare wildlife and heritage, and empower local communities through volunteering, learning, and activities.

With support from Historic England and the UK Government, Dover District Council are working to regenerate Dover’s Western Heights—restoring historic views, improving safety, and reconnecting the site with the town through conservation, community engagement and heritage-led regeneration.