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Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
Seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury and part of the World Heritage Site; Romanesque and early Gothic, partly rebuilt after a fire in 1174.
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Canterbury: things to do
Places worth your time in Canterbury
Top places
Things to do in Canterbury
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Historic building
Christ Church Gate
Grade I listed gateway leading from the city centre into the cathedral precincts.
Ruined abbey
St Augustine's Abbey
Ruins of a Benedictine monastery founded in 598 and dissolved in 1538, now looked after by English Heritage.
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Church
St Martin's Church
A working parish church on the eastern edge of the city, part of the World Heritage Site with the cathedral and the abbey.
Historic building
The Westgate
The largest surviving medieval city gate in England, built of Kentish ragstone around 1379; the road still runs between its drum towers.
Park
Westgate Gardens
Riverside gardens on the Stour next to the Westgate.
Town wall
Canterbury city walls
Medieval walls on Roman foundations that still circle much of the centre; a wall walk runs above Dane John Gardens.
Park
Dane John Gardens
Gardens laid out between 1790 and 1803 in the south-east corner of the walls, around the Dane John mound.
Castle
Canterbury Castle
Ruined Norman keep beside the city walls, one of the royal castles built after the conquest, rebuilt in stone in the early 12th century.
Museum
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
Museum, art gallery and library on the High Street; it also houses the Canterbury visitor information centre.
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Museum
Canterbury Roman Museum
Museum built around the remains of a Roman town house and its mosaics, below the modern street level.
Historic building
Eastbridge Hospital
Founded in the 12th century to give poor pilgrims a night's lodging, on the High Street.
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Chapel
Greyfriars Chapel
Surviving building of Greyfriars, the first Franciscan friary in England.
Church
St Dunstan's Church
Grade I listed church just outside the Westgate, at the junction of London Road and Whitstable Road.
Theatre
Marlowe Theatre
The city's main theatre, named after the playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was born in Canterbury.
Museum
Kent Museum of Freemasonry
Local history and masonic museum in St Peter's Place, between the two railway stations.
Historic building
Old Palace
The Archbishop of Canterbury's residence in the city, a Grade I listed building in the cathedral precincts.
Church
Church of St Mildred
Partly Anglo-Saxon church near the castle, the only pre-Norman church left inside the walls.
Canterbury & Kent
More areas to explore
7 sights · 30 places to eat
Whitstable
Oysters, a working harbour and a long shingle beach facing the Thames Estuary
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20 sights · 26 places to eat
Margate and Broadstairs
Sandy bays, Turner Contemporary, Margate Old Town and Dickens's Broadstairs
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8 sights · 18 places to eat
Deal
A shingle seafront, a pier and two Tudor castles
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- Canterbury (area photo): Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Canterbury Cathedral: Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Christ Church Gate: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- St Augustine's Abbey: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Martin's Church: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Westgate: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Westgate Gardens: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Canterbury city walls: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dane John Gardens: Richard Nevell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Canterbury Castle: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Canterbury Roman Museum: Linda Spashett (Storye book), CC BY 3.0, source
- Eastbridge Hospital: ABrocke, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Greyfriars Chapel: Kim Fyson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Dunstan's Church: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Marlowe Theatre: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kent Museum of Freemasonry: Pre36sunbeam, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Church of St Mildred: Jean Marc Gfp, CC BY 3.0, source
- Whitstable: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Margate and Broadstairs: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Deal: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dover: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
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