Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Canterbury
6
1
0
200 m
Canterbury (West)
Station
Canterbury (West)
Station
0
200 yds
A28
3
Blackfriars
Blackfriars
2
Westgate
Westgate
The King's
School
The King's
School
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Westgate
Gardens
Westgate
Gardens
10
Canterbury
Cathedral
Canterbury
Cathedral
11
Christchurch
College
Christchurch
College
Eastbridge
Hospital
Eastbridge
Hospital
9
St. Augustine's
Abbey
St. Augustine's
Abbey
8
6
6
5
7
12
St. Mary
Magdelene's
Tower
St. Mary
Magdelene's
Towe r
13
St. Martin's
Church
St. Martin's
Church
HOTELS
ABode Canterbury
6
Canterbury Cathedral
Lodge
10
Cathedral Gate Hotel
9
Falstaf Hotel
2
House of Agnes
3
Thanington Hotel
4
Bus
Station
Bus
Station
Dane John
Gardens
Dane John
Gardens
14
Dane John
Mound
Dane John
Mound
Canterbury
(East) Station
Canterbury
(East) Station
4
RESTAURANTS
Duck Inn
14
The Goods Shed
1
Michael Caines
Restaurant
6
ATTRACTIONS
Canterbury Cathedral
11
Canterbury Roman
Museum
8
The Canterbury Tales
7
Museum of Canterbury
5
St. Augustine's Abbey
13
St. Martin's Church
12
The glass, regarded as the country's finest, was removed at the start of World War II
and therefore survived Hitler's bombs.
The Precincts.
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01227/762862.
www.canterbury-cathedral.org. Admission £9 adults, £8 seniors, £6
children 17 and under. Easter-Sept Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm; Oct-Easter Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; year-round
Sun 12:30-2:30pm. Guided tours (daily except Sun) £5 adults, £4 students and children.
Canterbury Roman Museum
MUSEUM This museum provides a subterranean
experience—it's built around archeological excavations of a house site containing
mosaics unearthed by a wartime bomb. Interactive exhibits and Roman artifacts that
can be handled bring the past to life for all ages. The Roman town of Durovernum
Cantiacorum (Canterbury) was established after Emperor Claudius's invasion in a.d.
43, and it flourished for nearly 400 years. Other exhibits include the reconstruction
of a Roman market.
Butchery Lane.
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01227/785575.
www.canterbury.gov.uk. Admission £6 adults; £5 students and
seniors, up to 4 children 5-16 free per family; £8 family ticket. Daily 10am-5pm; last admission 4pm.
The Canterbury Tales
MUSEUM Ah, classic Middle Ages literature turned
into a sideshow! But it does it in such a fun way that it's hard to object. Indeed,
