City of Canterbury
Canterbury, also known as the City of Canterbury, is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. As well as Canterbury itself, the district extends to the towns of Fordwich, Herne Bay and Whitstable.Photo: Michael Rowe, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Canterbury Cathedral
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Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
St Augustine's Abbey
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St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England.
St Martin's Church
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The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England, situated slightly beyond the city centre.
Localities in the Area
Canterbury
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Canterbury is a cathedral and university city in Kent, in the South East of England.
Sturry
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Sturry is a village on the Great Stour river situated 3 miles northeast of Canterbury in Kent. Sturry is situated 4 km northeast of City of Canterbury.
Fordwich
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordwich is a market town and a civil parish in east Kent, England, on the River Stour, northeast of Canterbury. Fordwich is situated 3½ km northeast of City of Canterbury.
City of Canterbury
- Type: Locality with 162,000 residents
- Description: local government district with city status in Kent, England
- Categories: borough in the United Kingdom, non-metropolitan district and district with city status
- Location: Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.2796° or 51° 16' 47" northLongitude
1.0808° or 1° 4' 51" eastPopulation
162,000Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open Location Code
9F3373HJ+R8GeoNames ID
6945807Wikidata ID
Q1094104City of Canterbury Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Canterbury
- Arabic: سيتي كنتربري
- Armenian: Սիթի օֆ Քենթերբերի
- Azerbaijani: Kenterberi
- Azerbaijani: Siti-of-Kenterberi
- Belarusian: Кентэрберы-Сіці
- Belarusian: Сіці-оф-Кентэрберы
- Catalan: ciutat de Canterbury
- Cebuano: City of Canterbury
- Chinese: City of Canterbury
- Chinese: 坎特伯雷市
- Dutch: Canterbury (district)
- Dutch: City of Canterbury
- English: Canterbury
- French: Cité de Canterbury
- French: Cité de Cantorbéry
- French: District De Canterbury
- French: District de Canterbury
- French: District de canterbury
- French: cité de Canterbury
- German: City of Canterbury
- Hebrew: קנטרברי
- Irish: Canterbury
- Italian: City of Canterbury
- Japanese: シティ・オブ・カンタベリー
- Korean: 시티오브캔터베리
- Kurdish: City of Canterbury
- Mazanderani: سیتی کنتربری
- Mazanderani: کنتربری
- Min Nan Chinese: City of Canterbury (Eng-lân)
- Northern Frisian: City of Canterbury
- Norwegian: City of Canterbury
- Norwegian Bokmål: City of Canterbury
- Persian: سیتی کنتربری
- Persian: شهر کنتربری
- Polish: City of Canterbury (Anglia)
- Polish: City of Canterbury
- Romanian: Canterbury (district)
- Romanian: Canterbury
- Russian: Городской округ Кентербери
- Russian: Сити-оф-Кентербери
- Serbo-Croatian: City of Canterbury
- South Azerbaijani: شهر کنتربری
- Spanish: Ciudad de Canterbury
- Swedish: City of Canterbury
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Canterbury
- Tajik: Сити-оф-Кентерберӣ
- Ukrainian: Кентербері-Сіті
- Urdu: کینٹربری شہر
- Waray (Philippines): Canterbury (syudad)
- Waray (Philippines): City of Canterbury
- Welsh: Dinas Caergaint
- Western Panjabi: کنٹربری
- Cantorbéry
- Città di Canterbury
Localities in the Area
- HarbledownVillage
- ThaningtonSuburb
- Rough CommonVillage
- HackingtonLocality
Landmarks in the Area
- Dane John MoundPark
- Canterbury CastleCastle
- Canterbury Christ Church UniversityUniversity
- Canterbury West railway stationRailway station
- Canterbury East railway stationRailway station
Popular Destinations in Kent
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