Chaucer College
Chaucer College Canterbury is an independent college for Japanese university and high school students. It was founded in 1992 by Hiroshi Kawashima, the head of the Shumei Foundation, and opened on 13 October 1992, and is located in a prize-winning building featuring a combination of western and oriental architectural styles on the campus of the University of Kent at Canterbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: College of the University of Kent
- Address: University Road, Canterbury, CT2 7LJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Canterbury West 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 1 mile southeast of Chaucer College.
Canterbury West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Atomicdanny, CC BY 2.5.
Canterbury West railway station is a Grade II listed railway station, and the busier of the two stations in Canterbury in Kent, England. The station as well as all services are operated by Southeastern with both main line and high speed trains serving the station. Canterbury West railway station is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Chaucer College.
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 1 mile south of Chaucer College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harbledown and Rough Common.
Harbledown
Village
Harbledown is a village 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.
Rough Common
Village
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rough Common is a village in Canterbury in the parish of Harbledown, Kent, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Harbledown and Rough Common.
Hales Place
Suburb
The residential area known as Hales Place is part of the civil parish of Hackington, and lies to the north of the city of Canterbury in Kent, England. The residents include large numbers of students from the nearby University of Kent.
Chaucer College
Latitude
51.29048° or 51° 17′ 26″ northLongitude
1.06523° or 1° 3′ 55″ eastOpen location code
9F3373R8+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 105576276OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5088040
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In Other Languages
“Chaucer College” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “チョーサー・カレッジ・カンタベリー”
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