City of Canterbury

Canterbury, also known as the City of Canterbury, is a local government district with city status in , England. It is named after its largest settlement, , where the council is based.
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  • Type: Locality with 162,000 residents
  • Description: non-metropolitan district with city status in Kent, England
  • Also known as: Canterbury

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine’s Abbey.

Church
is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

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.

Church
The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in , England, situated slightly beyond the city centre. It is recognised as the oldest church building in Britain still in use as a church, and the oldest existing parish church in the English-speaking world, although Roman and Celtic churches had existed for centuries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

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
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 on the Great Stour river situated 3 miles northeast of in . Its large civil parish incorporates several hamlets and, until April 2019, the former mining village of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of City of Canterbury.

City of Canterbury

Latitude
51.2796° or 51° 16′ 47″ north
Longitude
1.0808° or 1° 4′ 51″ east
Population
162,000
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
9F3373HJ+R8
Geo­Names ID
6945807
Wiki­data ID
Q1094104
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“City of Canterbury” goes by many names.
  • 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: 坎特伯里市
  • Chinese: 坎特伯雷市
  • Dutch: Canterbury (district)
  • Dutch: City of Canterbury
  • French: Cantorbéry
  • French: cité de Canterbury
  • French: Cité de Canterbury
  • French: Cité de Cantorbéry
  • French: District de canterbury
  • French: District de Canterbury
  • French: District De Canterbury
  • Galician: cidade de Canterbury
  • German: City of Canterbury
  • Hebrew: קנטרברי
  • Irish: Canterbury
  • Italian: Città di Canterbury
  • Italian: City of Canterbury
  • Japanese: シティ・オブ・カンタベリー
  • Korean: 시티오브캔터베리
  • Kurdish: City of Canterbury
  • Latvian: Kenterberija (boro)
  • Latvian: Kenterberija
  • Mazanderani: سیتی کنتربری
  • Mazanderani: کنتربری
  • Min Nan Chinese: City of Canterbury (Eng-lân)
  • Northern Frisian: City of Canterbury
  • Norwegian Bokmål: City of Canterbury
  • Norwegian: 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
  • Slovenian: Canterbury
  • Slovenian: City of Canterbury
  • Slovenian: Mesto 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): Canterbury
  • Waray (Philippines): City of Canterbury
  • Welsh: Dinas Caergaint
  • Western Panjabi: کنٹربری

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Northgate and St Martin’s.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dane John Mound and Canterbury Castle.

Kent: Must-Visit Destinations

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