Four knights walked into Canterbury Cathedral one December evening — not to pray, but to murder an archbishop. This app-based self-guided walking tour takes you through the city shaped by that single act, passing by all three UNESCO World Heritage sites and the medieval streets that connect them.
From the spot where Becket fell to the oldest church still in use in the English-speaking world, you'll follow stories of refugee weavers and a poet who wrote one of England's greatest work of literature and died penniless. Fifteen stops over four kilometres, narrated at your own pace — no fixed start time, no group to follow.
If you'd rather pause for a riverside lunch than rush between landmarks, this self-guided Canterbury walking tour fits your day, not the other way around. It is perfect for those trying to figure out what to do in Canterbury apart from visiting the cathedral.
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18 High Street, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Enter a museum built by a surgeon
Westgate Grove, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Search for a two-hundred-year-old tree and look up at a prison where inmates begged for coins
Longport, Canterbury, United Kingdom
End in front of the ruins of this abbey and hear about the canterbury tales
Christ Church Gate 11E The Precincts, The Buttermarket, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Pass beneath a wedding gift that outlived the groom by five centuries.
The Friars, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Hear about Canterbury's most gifted playwright
Best Lane, corner of High Street, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Meet the diplomat who wrote one of England's greatest literary works and died penniless.
25 High Street, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Pause at a hospital where no one was ever treated...
11 The Precincts, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Entry not included. Trace the bloodstain that turned a murder into a movement and a city into a pilgrimage.
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