We will soon be opening the doors to the main building of our new Canterbury Community Precinct.
This new precinct, set in Canterbury Gardens, will provide fit-for-purpose spaces in a convenient and centralised location for key community groups and services, including:
- Canterbury Neighbourhood Centre (includes the Canterbury Community Garden)
- Canterbury Maternal and Child Health Centre
- Canterbury Gardens Kindergarten
- Playstation Occasional Care
- Canterbury Toy Library
- Interchange Inner East
- Canterbury History Group and Surrey Hills Historical Society.
We are pleased to bring together service providers and community groups in one location and deliver an inclusive and accessible space with something for everyone.
In addition to the new purpose-built main building, internal upgrades and heritage restoration works are underway on the former Canterbury Bowling Club pavilion, Canterbury Maternal and Child Health Centre and former Canterbury Public Library. These buildings are due to open later this year.
We acknowledge the Victorian Government for its contribution of $1.6 million through the Children’s Facilities Capital Program and an additional grant of $110,000 as part of the Changing Places funding initiative. We also acknowledge the Australian Government’s contribution of $267,000 to the power upgrade, through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program.
We thank the community, precinct service providers and community groups for their support, patience, and collaboration during the development journey.
To stay informed about opening dates, please visit our New Canterbury Community Precinct page.