diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 34cb23bc0..a7583bdad 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ def retrieve_title
     content_for?(:title) ? content_for(:title) : t(:brand)
   end
 
+  # Absolute URL for a social preview image, falling back to the codebar social image
+  def social_image_url(url = nil)
+    image = url.presence || image_url('codebar-social.jpg')
+    image.start_with?('/') ? URI.join(request.base_url, image).to_s : image
+  end
+
   def dot_markdown(text)
     # Commonmarker sanitises raw HTML; `.html_safe` prevents Rails double-escaping the result
     # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
diff --git a/app/views/events/_meta_tags.html.haml b/app/views/events/_meta_tags.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a30fc3cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/events/_meta_tags.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+:ruby
+  url = request.original_url
+  image = social_image_url(event.venue&.avatar&.url)
+  description = truncate(strip_tags(event.description), length: 200)
+
+= content_for :meta_tags do
+  %meta{ property: 'og:title', content: event.name }
+  %meta{ property: 'og:type', content: 'event' }
+  %meta{ property: 'og:url', content: url }
+  %meta{ property: 'og:image', content: image }
+  %meta{ property: 'og:description', content: description }
+  %meta{ property: 'og:site_name', content: 'codebar' }
+  %meta{ property: 'og:locale', content: 'en_GB' }
+
+  -# Only Twitter-specific tag needed
+  %meta{ name: 'twitter:card', content: 'summary_large_image' }
+
+  -# Event timing
+  %meta{ property: 'event:start_time', content: event.date_and_time }
+  %meta{ property: 'event:end_time', content: event.ends_at }
diff --git a/app/views/events/show.html.haml b/app/views/events/show.html.haml
index ec09d0201..d6323df1d 100644
--- a/app/views/events/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/show.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+= render partial: 'meta_tags', locals: { event: @event }
+
 .container.py-4.py-lg-5
   .row
     .col-12.col-lg-9
diff --git a/app/views/workshops/_meta_tags.html.haml b/app/views/workshops/_meta_tags.html.haml
index 1cfe2fa37..ce6862d06 100644
--- a/app/views/workshops/_meta_tags.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/workshops/_meta_tags.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     t('workshop.title', host: workshop.host&.name || 'codebar', date: humanize_date(workshop.date_and_time))
   end
   url = request.original_url
-  image = workshop.host.try(:image_url).presence || image_url('codebar-social.jpg')
+  image = social_image_url(workshop.host&.avatar&.url)
   description = (workshop.virtual? ? t('workshops.virtual.lead') : t('workshops.lead'))
 
 = content_for :meta_tags do
diff --git a/spec/features/view_event_spec.rb b/spec/features/view_event_spec.rb
index dd6002cb4..36dacf028 100644
--- a/spec/features/view_event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/view_event_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@
         expect(page).to have_link('Join our community')
         expect(page).to have_no_link('Attend as a coach')
       end
+
+      scenario 'event link preview meta tags' do
+        expect(find("meta[property='og:title']", visible: false)[:content]).to eq(closed_event.name)
+        expect(find("meta[property='og:image']", visible: false)[:content]).to include('uploads/sponsor/')
+        expect(find("meta[property='og:description']", visible: false)[:content]).to eq(closed_event.description)
+        expect(find("meta[property='event:start_time']", visible: false)[:content]).to be_present
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when an authenticated user' do
diff --git a/spec/features/viewing_a_workshop_spec.rb b/spec/features/viewing_a_workshop_spec.rb
index 8d097f77c..43529c7bb 100644
--- a/spec/features/viewing_a_workshop_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/viewing_a_workshop_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
         end
 
         include_examples 'viewing workshop details'
+
+        scenario 'link preview meta tags' do
+          og_title = find("meta[property='og:title']", visible: false)[:content]
+          expect(og_title).to eq("Workshop at #{workshop.host.name} - #{humanize_date(workshop.date_and_time)}")
+
+          og_image = find("meta[property='og:image']", visible: false)[:content]
+          expect(og_image).to include('uploads/sponsor/')
+        end
       end
 
       describe '#actions' do
@@ -56,6 +64,11 @@
         end
 
         include_examples 'viewing workshop details'
+
+        scenario 'link preview meta tags use the fallback image' do
+          expect(find("meta[property='og:image']", visible: false)[:content])
+            .to include('codebar-social')
+        end
       end
 
       describe '#actions' do