Westgate
The Westgate is a medieval gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England. This 60-foot high western gate of the city wall is the largest surviving city gate in England.Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Canterbury West Gate”, “Westgate Towers”, and “Westgate, Canterbury”
- Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and Kent Museum of Freemasonry.
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 1,700 feet east of Westgate.
Kent Museum of Freemasonry
Museum
Photo: Pre36sunbeam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kent Museum of Freemasonry, is a museum in St Peters Place, Canterbury, Kent with a rare collection of masonic exhibits of national and international importance.
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.
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.
Westgate
- Categories: gatehouse, building, tourism, city gate, and historic site
- Location: City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.28151° or 51° 16′ 54″ northLongitude
1.07575° or 1° 4′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9F3373JG+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 151490626OpenStreetMap feature
building=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q7988809
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Westgate” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Westgate (Canterbury)”
- Basque: “Westgate”
- Russian: “Уэстгейт, Кентербери”
- Swedish: “Westgate, Canterbury”
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