Canterbury East railway station
Canterbury East railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and is one of two stations serving the city of Canterbury, Kent. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.Photo: Atomicdanny, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Canterbury East Railway Station”, “Canterbury East Station”, and “CBE”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canterbury Castle and Canterbury Cathedral.
Canterbury Castle
Castle
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Canterbury Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and the main bus station around City Wall. Canterbury Castle is situated 610 feet northwest of Canterbury East railway station.
Canterbury Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canterbury Cathedral is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Canterbury Cathedral is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Canterbury East railway station.
St Augustine’s Abbey
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England. The abbey was founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation. St Augustine’s Abbey is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Canterbury East railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wincheap and Canterbury.
Wincheap
Suburb
Photo: david mills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wincheap is a road and suburb in Canterbury, Kent, England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by Canterbury East railway station, to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of Thanington.
Canterbury
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canterbury is a cathedral and university city in Kent, in the South East of England. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 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.
Harbledown
Village
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harbledown is a village in the Canterbury district, in Kent, England, immediately west of Canterbury and contiguous with the city. At local government level the village is designated as a separate civil parish, that of Harbledown and Rough Common, which was renamed from Harbledown in 2007.
Canterbury East railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.27419° or 51° 16′ 27″ northLongitude
1.07582° or 1° 4′ 33″ eastElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Operator
SE TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“CBE”Open location code
9F3373FG+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 6689773482OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
6945273Wikidata ID
Q4381574
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Canterbury East railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Canterbury East”
- Dutch: “Station Canterbury East”
- French: “Canterbury East”
- French: “gare de Canterbury East”
- Japanese: “カンタベリー・イースト駅”
- Polish: “Canterbury East”
- Romanian: “gara Canterbury”
- Urdu: “کینٹربری ایسٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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