St Martin’s Church

The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in , England, situated near 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Church of St Martin”, “St Martin, Canterbury”, “St Martin’s Church, Canterbury”, and “St Martin’s, Canterbury”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Augustine’s Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.

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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. is situated 1,200 feet west of St Martin’s Church.

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is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. is situated 2,600 feet west of St Martin’s Church.

Courthouse
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, also known as Canterbury Combined Court Centre, is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Chaucer Road, , England. is situated 1,400 feet north of St Martin’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

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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.

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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 .

Suburb
The residential area known as is part of the civil parish of , and lies to the north of the city of in , England. The residents include large numbers of students from the nearby University of Kent.

St Martin’s Church

Latitude
51.27806° or 51° 16′ 41″ north
Longitude
1.09371° or 1° 5′ 37″ east
Open location code
9F3373HV+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 191475362
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q840462
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“St Martin’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Martin eliza”
  • Belarusian: “царква Святога Марціна”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Марціна”
  • Chinese: “圣马丁教堂（坎特伯雷）”
  • Chinese: “聖馬丁教堂”
  • Croatian: “Crkva sv. Martina u Canterburyju”
  • Croatian: “Crkva sv. Martina u Canterburyu”
  • Croatian: “Crkva svetog Martina u Canterburyju”
  • Croatian: “Crkva Svetog Martina u Canterburyju”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Martina (Canterbury)”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Martina”
  • Danish: “St Martin’s Church”
  • Dutch: “St Martin’s Church”
  • Dutch: “St. Martin’s Church (Canterbury)”
  • Dutch: “St. Martin’s Church”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Martin kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Martinin kirkko”
  • French: “Église Saint Martin de Cantorbéry”
  • French: “Église Saint-Martin de Canterbury”
  • French: “église Saint-Martin de Cantorbéry”
  • Georgian: “კენტერბერის წმინდა მარტინის ეკლესია”
  • German: “St Martin’s Church”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט מרטין”
  • Hindi: “सेंट मार्टिन चर्च”
  • Hungarian: “Canterburyi Szent Márton-templom”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Martino”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Martino”
  • Japanese: “聖マーティン教会”
  • Japanese: “聖マルティン”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Sancti Martini Cantuariensis”
  • Latvian: “Kenterberijas Svētā Mārtiņa baznīca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Martins kirke”
  • Norwegian: “St. Martins kirke”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سنت مارتین”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Martinho”
  • Russian: “церковь Святого Мартина”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Мартина”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Мартина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crkva sv. Martina u Canterburyu”
  • Slovenian: “cerkev sv. Martina v Canterburyju”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev svetega Martina, Canterbury”
  • Slovenian: “St Martin’s Church”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Martin”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Martín”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Martín”
  • Swedish: “Saint Martin’s Church”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Martins kyrka”
  • Turkish: “St. Martin Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “церква Святого Мартіна”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Мартіна”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Thánh Martin, Canterbury”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ thánh Martin”

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