Canterbury Hills
Canterbury Hills is a neighborhood in James City, Virginia. Canterbury Hills is situated nearby to the neighborhood Jamestown Farms, as well as near The Meadows.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre and Muscarelle Museum of Art.
Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre
Theater building
Photo: Kevin Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre is a theater building.
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Jrcla2, Public domain.
The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. While the Museum only dates to 1983, the university art collection has been in existence since its first gift – a portrait of the physicist Robert Boyle – in 1732. Muscarelle Museum of Art is situated 1½ miles east of Canterbury Hills.
Governor’s Palace
Historic building
Photo: Agriculture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, was the official residence of the royal governors of the Colony of Virginia. It was also a home for two of Virginia's post-colonial governors, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, until the capital was moved to Richmond in 1780, and with it the governor's residence. Governor’s Palace is situated 2½ miles east of Canterbury Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Williamsburg and Jamestown.
Williamsburg
Photo: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 4.0.
Williamsburg is a city in southeast Virginia. Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring Williamsburg back to its former colonial glory.
Jamestown
Locality
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg. Jamestown is situated 4 miles southwest of Canterbury Hills.
Ewell
Hamlet
Ewell was an unincorporated town in James City County of the U.S. state of Virginia, west of Williamsburg. Ewell was named for Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, who was a U.S. and Confederate army officer, and civil engineer. Ewell is situated 4½ miles north of Canterbury Hills.
Canterbury Hills
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.26209° or 37° 15′ 44″ northLongitude
-76.74301° or 76° 44′ 35″ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
87957764+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158444266OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4750868
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