Guidebook for Canterbury
Food Scene
Pinocchio's Restaurant
64 Castle Styou get real authentic cooking from Naples..
you can watch the world and his wife shopping, eating, tasting, choosing, chatting, whilst having delicious coffee or food in this wonderful indoor market.
99 locals recommend
The Goods Shed
Station Road Westyou can watch the world and his wife shopping, eating, tasting, choosing, chatting, whilst having delicious coffee or food in this wonderful indoor market.
Drinks & Nightlife
it's a friendly place with great seating, wooden floors, and lots of character. The food's quite good too.
6 locals recommend
Millers Arms
2 St Radigunds Stit's a friendly place with great seating, wooden floors, and lots of character. The food's quite good too.
Arts & Culture
It is stunning. Everywhere you look you see the most beautiful works. They are all in one place. It has the second oldest stain glass windows in Britain and you feel the history including what the reformation must have felt like.
There is often something going on, a concert, or exhibition. Go for evensong 17.30 during the week and 15.15 on Saturdays where the boys choir give you half an hour of pure joy as they sing their heart out.
365 locals recommend
Canterbury Cathedral Archives
11 The PrecinctsIt is stunning. Everywhere you look you see the most beautiful works. They are all in one place. It has the second oldest stain glass windows in Britain and you feel the history including what the reformation must have felt like.
There is often something going on, a concert, or exhibition. Go for evensong 17.30 during the week and 15.15 on Saturdays where the boys choir give you half an hour of pure joy as they sing their heart out.
it takes you right into the 12th Century and gives you a feel of where Canterbury has come from. The Gardens are stunning and you can sit on the grass enjoying the peace, seconds away from the busyness of Canterbury High Street.
Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, Canterbury
25 High Stit takes you right into the 12th Century and gives you a feel of where Canterbury has come from. The Gardens are stunning and you can sit on the grass enjoying the peace, seconds away from the busyness of Canterbury High Street.
It has this glass wall which makes the sea into a moving picture....cool
352 locals recommend
Turner Contemporary
RendezvousIt has this glass wall which makes the sea into a moving picture....cool
Parks & Nature
provides a great National Trust day out, in spectacularly beautiful surroundings with opportunities for early morning walks followed by breakfast or happy wanderings around the gardens. There is a lot to see,
186 locals recommend
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Biddenden Rdprovides a great National Trust day out, in spectacularly beautiful surroundings with opportunities for early morning walks followed by breakfast or happy wanderings around the gardens. There is a lot to see,
There are great views on the top of the Cliffs of Dover near the Light House. A 1940s tea room with retro music takes you back in time, and you get to see the crows and seagulls close up as they play on up winds off the cliffs. There's a Pine Garden tea room further along with a quaint WW11 museum of the area in the room behind the dining area and a great pub on the beach from where you can see France on a good day.
7 locals recommend
Saint Margaret's at Cliffe
There are great views on the top of the Cliffs of Dover near the Light House. A 1940s tea room with retro music takes you back in time, and you get to see the crows and seagulls close up as they play on up winds off the cliffs. There's a Pine Garden tea room further along with a quaint WW11 museum of the area in the room behind the dining area and a great pub on the beach from where you can see France on a good day.
Shopping
This up market charity shop has so much to offer where you will find quirky bits and pieces including retro haberdashery stuff. Definitely worth a browse
Frocks N Stock
19 BurgateThis up market charity shop has so much to offer where you will find quirky bits and pieces including retro haberdashery stuff. Definitely worth a browse
I love wonderful food and great brunch experiences. This has it all, and is near the iconic and pretty town of Faversham. Well worth a visit and walk along the river.
44 locals recommend
Macknade Fine Foods
Selling RoadI love wonderful food and great brunch experiences. This has it all, and is near the iconic and pretty town of Faversham. Well worth a visit and walk along the river.
Sainsbury's
Kingsmead RoadIts convenient and nearby, 5 mins from the house, walking.
Getting Around
You can buy your tickets at the station before you get on the bus and get to Whitstable, Herne Bay, Sandwich, Margate etc.
24 locals recommend
Canterbury (Bus Station)
You can buy your tickets at the station before you get on the bus and get to Whitstable, Herne Bay, Sandwich, Margate etc.
Entertainment & Activities
Its a sunny bright place to go with the family and the animals are well cared for. and easy to see. The gorillas are wonderful, as are the wild cats.
157 locals recommend
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Bekesbourne LaneIts a sunny bright place to go with the family and the animals are well cared for. and easy to see. The gorillas are wonderful, as are the wild cats.