Best Things To Do & See In Canterbury, England

Welcome to Canterbury, one of the most beautiful cities in England and one of the most beautiful places in Kent. If you don't know, Kent is known as the Garden of England. I already made a video about the most beautiful towns and villages in Kent. Make sure to check it out. But today is all about Canterbury. Even though this place is a popular touristy place and it's very beautiful but recently it was voted as one of the worst places to live in England. To be honest, I don't know why. Let's find out Canterbury is just 62 miles away from London making it the perfect destination for a day trip or a weekend break. If you prefer to drive, simply take the M2 and you will reach Canterbury in approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes depending on traffic conditions. Don't worry if you don't have a car. You can easily hop on a train from London Victoria, Sandpan Cross or Charing Cross stations Once you arrive, the best way to truly experience Canterbury is by strolling around Canterbury is a bustling market city known for its rich history and medieval charm Despite the passage of time, it has managed to preserve its character throughout the centuries Canterbury is known for its Cathedral which is one of the oldest ones in the country It dates back to the 6th century. You can visit it but you have to pay £16 per person Canterbury Cathedral is considered as the most important cathedral in England. While the site dates back to the 6th century, most of what you see today was built in the 11th century Interestingly, it seems that the construction work never stopped. As you can see, ongoing restoration and renovations efforts at the cathedral even today Canterbury is steeped in history as you can see from the buildings behind me and it used to be a place of pilgrimage back in the middle ages It also has the oldest still in use church in England St Martin's Church is located outside of the town centre The oldest part of the church dates back to the time of Roman occupation in Britain leaving us with the sense of wonder about its original purpose Whether it initially served as a church, a mausoleum or something entirely different remains uncertain One of the oldest Norman castles of England is also in this town Canterbury castle has an interesting history. It was erected in the 11th century then became a prison in the 13th century and was abandoned and demolished in the 18th century This site is close to the public but you can still see its walls This building behind me is one of the most iconic buildings in Canterbury The building behind me is known as crook house and nowadays is a bookshop that helps to raise money for the people in the street in Canterbury and in Kent. This building looks unstable but I can promise that it's safe to go inside so The Parrot is the oldest pub in the city and it was built on the Roman foundations We chose to come here not only because it's the oldest pub because it had good ratings on google so let's try the food and it's a pub so we went for the pub food which is like two days Sunday and the best thing to have is Sunday roast. So here the menu is mostly like a pub food so I went for a burger even though it's very hot so When you are in Canterbury, you must visit Westgate Gardens if you want also you can go punting on the river for a historical tour or just enjoying the river We tried to book to go punting but actually yeah it was already fully booked it's 12 right now so we recommend booking it early or try to book it online if you can because on a Sunday it can be quite tricky to get a spot even though we couldn't get on the boat we can still walk along the river and the garden so it's a nice day for that the gardens follow the course of the Roman city wall there are no traces of the wall today since they were destroyed during the civil war and the stones were repurposed for various construction projects Canterbury has been a European pilgrimage site for over 800 years and today is one of the most beautiful historic cities in England offering a range of activities to be honest I'm not sure how it was voted as one of the top 50 worst places to live in England although only 100,000 people took part in the survey Canterbury is just 30 minutes drive from Brewster so we decided to come and spend the last hours of the day next to the sea it's a hot day and as you can see we were not the only one wanted to be next to the sea and it's quite crowded here for now we are going just to walk around and get some drink and relax same as always thanks for watching and see you in the next video