South East England
Kent
City of Canterbury

Canterbury West railway station

Canterbury West railway station is a Grade II listed railway station, and the busier of the two stations in in , England. The station as well as all services are operated by Southeastern with both main line and high speed trains serving the station.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Canterbury West Railway Station”, “Canterbury West Station”, and “CBW”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Westgate.

Church
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is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Canterbury West railway station.

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The is a medieval gatehouse in , , England. This 60-foot high western gate of the city wall is the largest surviving city gate in England. is situated 990 feet south of Canterbury West railway station.

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in , Kent, England. The abbey was founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation. is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Canterbury West railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a cathedral and university city in , in the South East of . Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of , Primate of All England and hence the Primus inter pares of the primates of each national church in the Anglican Communion and spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England.

Suburb
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is a road and suburb in , , England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by , to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of .

Village
is a village in , England, immediately west of and contiguous with the city. At local government level the village is designated as a separate civil parish, that of and .

Canterbury West railway station

Latitude
51.28423° or 51° 17′ 3″ north
Longitude
1.07531° or 1° 4′ 31″ east
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Operator
Southeastern
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“CBW”
Open location code
9F3373MG+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3453612249
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6945270
Wiki­data ID
Q671106
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“Canterbury West railway station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “坎特伯里西车站”
  • Chinese: “坎特伯雷西車站”
  • Chinese: “坎特伯雷西车站”
  • Dutch: “station Canterbury West”
  • Dutch: “Station Canterbury West”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كانتيربورى ويست”
  • French: “Canterbury West”
  • French: “gare de Canterbury West”
  • French: “Gare de Canterbury West”
  • Japanese: “カンタベリー・ウェスト駅”
  • Polish: “Canterbury West”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Canterbury West railway station”. Photo: Atomicdanny, CC BY 2.5.