Canterbury Cathedral

Well as my Dover castle review seemed to go down rather well with ratings received, and this is a rather local attraction to me, I thought I would do a review won Canterbury cathedral. I can view this beautifully from my office window on my construction site, which I think is a privilege really. History of the Cathedral Well I should think most people know something about the cathedral and its history but I will merely scratch the surface of it in this review im sure? The Cathedral was founded in 597AD by St Augustine who landed on the south east corner of England as a missionary from Rome. St Augustine was given a site in ...  Read the complete review

I was in Canterbury in early May to attend a conference at Kent University, but I couldn’t very well come all this way and not visit the Cathedral. I will make it clear from the outset that I am not religious; this was not a pilgrimage, but more an opportunity to indulge my love of history and my growing respect for architecture. For those of you who have read my other Canterbury Reviews, you may recall that I did not particularly enjoy Canterbury city, but this was easily the highpoint of my trip (better even than half the conference papers I had travelled the length of England for, I’ll admit). I am going to take this opportunity to tell you about my visit to this ...  Read the complete review

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Canterbury,home of the mother Church of England,is a city I know very well since my father was born at Ashford,which is only 14 miles away.It is a surprisingly small city, but during the summer months is full of tourists.During these periods it is exceedingly busy and quite vibrant and you will hear many languages being spoken in the narrow streets of this historic Kentish city. There is quite a lot to see and do in this city. Pride of place has to go to the Cathedral,which is quite a beautiful building. It is large, replete with history, and well worth ...  Read the complete review

Well, first things first - we were quite lucky when we went to Canterbury Cathedral: we were shown round by my cousin, who works for the Cathedral itself. But don't panic if your cousin doesn't work for the Cathedral - because there are guided tours available for anyone who wants to go in. Just look for the notice at the Welcome Centre. We used to live near York, and, naturally, York Minster was somewhere we'd been before. Well, look, this is NOTHING like York Minster. It's a huge site, much larger than the Minster, and because it was part of a monastery in the past, it's quiet and away from the traffic (unlike the Minster, as you'll know ...  Read the complete review

Canterbury Cathedral has a huge amount of historically significant features... matched only by the huge amounts of visitors. There are enormous numbers of groups touring the cathedral, and often flouting the policy that only cathedral guides can lead tours. However, once you navigate your way around them, the cathedral is fascinating. It isn't the most beautiful cathedral I've visited (though by no means ugly!), but that is more than compensated for by its interest. I'd recommend visiting the cathedral after going to Canterbury Heritage Museum so that you have some sense of the timescale and significance of events which happened here. ...  Read the complete review