The view from here, overlooking miles of field and woodland, is the most peaceful place I know of on earth. Admission tickets are usually good for two consecutive days, except during special events. The Creamery Restaurant is open on weekends in April, November and December and daily from May through October. Dinner is available Saturday nights in April and on Friday and Saturday nights from May through December. In addition to its daily roster of Shaker craft demonstrations, Canterbury also features special workshops ranging from making Shaker brooms and baskets, and creating herbal first aid kits, to putting up dry-laid stone walls.
Workshops are open to many skill levels, and preregistration is required.
Fees usually include all materials. Directions to Canterbury Canterbury Shaker Village is located 20 minutes north of Concord, New Hampshire. On Interstate 93, take Exit 18 and follow the signs to the village. And Then There Were Eight . Eldress Bertha Lindsay Sabbathday Lake, Maine, the Shaker community farthest in the east from the Holy Mount, on the frontier, as it were, is plain and sturdy as granite.