Border Control: Excursion, Incursion and Exclusion

The delegate booking system is now open.

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Please note that there will be an optional programme of study visits and tours on the morning of Thursday 5th September and a Gala Dinner on Friday 6th September. These must be booked separately: details and fees will be announced and the booking system will open shortly.

Early Bird

• Existing Members — £175.00
• Existing Members Students and Concessions — £115.00
• Non-Members — £290.00
• Non-Member Students and Concessions — £230.00

Full Price

• Existing Members — £200.00
• Existing Student and Concession Members — £130.00
• Non-Members — £315.00
• Non-Member Students and Concessions — £245.00

    The cut off for early bird registration is 31st May 2024.

    The DHS 2024 conference will be taking place in person only. 

The Design History Society offers bursaries for DHS Students and/or precariously employed members. The bursary covers the DHS member concessionary conference fee. For more information please visit the Society’s website.

UCA Canterbury

Our campus at Canterbury is tucked away a short walk from the city centre, and has been the home of our School of Architecture and Design for more than 60 years. It’s also home to our fine art and visual communication courses. And it’s recently expanded, with the opening of the UCA Doctoral College – the base for our world-leading researchers – a short distance away.  

Main Campus 

University for the Creative Arts 
New Dover Road 
Canterbury         
Kent 
CT1 3AN

Tel: +44 (0)1227 817 302 

Travelling by train:

Canterbury is served by two train stations: Canterbury West and Canterbury East. High Speed services to Canterbury West run hourly from London St Pancras (54 minutes) and London Stratford International (46 minutes).  

There are regular services to Canterbury East from London Victoria (1 hour 30 minutes) and Dover Priory (28 minutes).  

UCA Canterbury Campus is a 20-25 minute walk from Canterbury West station and a 15-minute walk from Canterbury East. Both stations have taxi ranks outside.  

If you are travelling to the UK via the Eurostar, you will arrive at London St Pancras where you can take a direct service to Canterbury West. 

Travelling by car:

Canterbury is served by the M2 motorway direct from London and the Port of Dover and has Park and Ride facilities located at Wincheap and New Dover Road (more information here). 

As there is no car parking available to guests on campus, we recommend that delegates do not drive to the conference itself unless there is a specific accessibility requirement. If you do have an accessibility requirement please contact the conference team in advance at designarchresearch@uca.ac.uk.

Should you wish to drive to Canterbury, the nearest public car park is Longport, which is a 5 minute walk from the conference.

Should you be staying outside of the city, Canterbury city council also offers a park and ride scheme.

International travel

International visitors can reach us using a variety of means:

Ferry: Port of Dover (20 minutes)

Eurostar: London St Pancras

London Airports: City, Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports are all reachable via public transport or car.

There are a number of hotels in Canterbury city centre which are walking distance from the campus (CT1 3AN). Some nearby options include:

Hampton by Hilton Canterbury (11 minute walk). Hampton by Hilton is offering delegates a 10% discount. Please email conference administrator Liz Baxter at designarchresearch@uca.ac.uk to be provided with the link.

Premier Inn Canterbury City Centre (1 minute walk)

Travelodge Canterbury Chaucer Central (5 minute walk)