Canterbury Cathedral

Approx. Time: 2 hours
Activity Level: Easy to Moderate

Canterbury Cathedral was founded in the year 597 and is the Mother church of the Anglican communion. It has a perpendicular nave, central tower (the Bell Harry), St Augustine's Chair, 12thC Gothic quire, notable stained glass windows and a Romanesque crypt. The Cathedral is the site of the Archbishop Thomas Becket's martyrdom in 1170, whose shrine became one of the most visited by pilgrims in the Middle Ages.

Courtesy of the British Tourist Authority

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