CANTERBURY:

Canterbury in Kent can be visited for history – Canterbury Cathedral, which was begun in the sixth century and is the headquarters of the Anglican Church – ors its close beaches at Herne Bay and Whitstable..

As such an old settlement, there are also Roman features and a museum, gardens, a Gaol Museum and theatres such as the world-famous Marlowe and the Gulbenkian.

In literature Canterbury is famous for Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the most important early work written in Middle English, and describing the adventures and stories of a group of pilgrims riding to Canterbury to the shrine of St Thomas A’Beckett.

Nearest airport – London Stansted

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