Old Synagogue
The Old Synagogue is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 944 King Street in Canterbury, Kent, England, in the United Kingdom.Photo: Multichill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: School building
- Description: former synagogue in Canterbury, Kent, England
- Also known as: “Old Synagogue, Canterbury”, “St Alphege Church Hall”, and “The Old Synagogue”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine’s Abbey.
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 910 feet southeast of Old Synagogue.
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 2,300 feet southeast of Old Synagogue.
Marlowe Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Marlowe Theatre is a 1,200-seat theatre in Canterbury named after playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was born and attended school in the city. It was named a Stage Awards, 2022 UK Theatre of the Year. Marlowe Theatre is situated 570 feet southwest of Old Synagogue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.
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.
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.
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.
Old Synagogue
- Categories: synagogue, building, and education
- Location: City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2819° or 51° 16′ 55″ northLongitude
1.08074° or 1° 4′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F3373JJ+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 151352708OpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolWikidata ID
Q7085180
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Russian—“Old Synagogue” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Canterburyn vanha synagoga”
- Hebrew: “בית הכנסת העתיק של קנטרברי”
- Russian: “Старая синагога (Кентербери)”
- Russian: “Старая синагога”
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