Whitstable, Herne Bay & Canterbury Grotto

Each year, Whitstable and Herne Bay Lions are invited to Meadow Grange Garden Centre and Farm Shop, where a wonderful grotto is awaiting Father Christmas and his helpers ( yes, they are all Lions members) Meadow Grange provide the gifts, which are wrapped by the Lions (1,000 this year), who are rewarded (bribed?) with lots of cake and coffee.​

​The grotto is open each weekend from the end of November until the last weekend before Christmas. There are animals for the children and visitors to see and Lions collection boxes are hung by the animal enclosures. Bookings are made online to the Garden Centre, with an option to include a donation to the Lions.​

This year’s total has not yet been confirmed, but last year just over £2,000 was raised​