Canterbury Cathedral
The mother church of the Anglican Communion — the Martyrdom, the Norman crypt, the Miracle Windows and the site of Becket's destroyed shrine.
Every major sight in and around Canterbury, from the landmark names to the quieter corners.
Kent Downs National Landscape
The chalk ridge south of Canterbury — 878 square kilometres of downland, ancient woodland and dry valleys running from the Surrey border to the White…
Howletts Wild Animal Park
A conservation breeding collection near Canterbury with the largest gorilla and elephant groups in Britain — a zoo that behaves like a breeding…
Westgate Gardens
Canterbury's loveliest public space — the Great Stour running through in several channels, an enormous oriental plane, and the city wall along one…
Reculver Towers and Roman Fort
Twin Norman church towers on an eroding cliff inside the walls of a third-century Roman fort — free, exposed, and better in bad weather than good.
St Augustine's Abbey
Where Christianity in England began — a Benedictine abbey founded in 598, dissolved in 1538, and now a legible ruin with a very good audio guide.
Blean Woods National Nature Reserve
One of the largest ancient woodlands in England, five kilometres north of Canterbury — nightingales, bluebells and a rare butterfly managed for by…
Dane John Gardens
A Roman cemetery, then a Norman motte, then a Georgian pleasure garden — and the best free view of Canterbury from the top of the mound.
Westgate Towers Museum & Viewpoint
The largest surviving medieval city gate in England — a small museum in the guardroom and a rooftop view straight down Canterbury High Street.
Canterbury Roman Museum
A Roman mosaic where it was laid, reached by going underground to the level of the Roman street — small, subterranean and the best forty minutes in…