Canterbury in Kent, Historic City visit - March 2004
A city visit then, to the historic cathedral city of
Canterbury in Kent where we walked along the city wall, toured the
engrossing Canterbury Tales attraction and learnt all about the
pilgrims, visited the magnificent cathedral, the ruins of the castle,
and saw many fine old buildings - and many other tourists - in this
popular city.
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Canterbury is a walled historic city in Kent and this is the old city
wall contrasted against the modern ring road that runs beside it.
We walked...
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...round the wall towards Canterbury city centre, along the way
checking the map and handy city guide leaflet we'd picked up.
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Canterbury High Street is largely pedestrianised and lined with many
fine old buildings. After a pizza lunch we seeked out the
Canterbury Tales attraction.
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This shot of the entrance to the Canterbury Tales was taken after our
visit, and shows the large queue of students waiting to go in. A
narrow escape then!
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In the Canterbury Tales we listened to an audio tour handset that
picked up the commentary as we walked round the attraction.
Here's a pilgrim telling his tale.
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Some more gossip among the pilgrims. The atmospheric lighting
changed to portray feeling and we thought it was all very well
done. Moving through...
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...and this scene was actually pretty dark so we've enhanced our image
to bring out the figures. Our entrance to the Canterbury Tales
cost £6.95.
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The exit led through the large gift shop, and a chance to buy a few
things to remember our extremely enjoyable visit to the Canterbury
Tales attraction.
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Apparently this is the most photographed scene in Canterbury, looking
down Mercery Lane towards Christ Church Gate and Canterbury Cathedral.
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We blended in with all the other Canterbury tourists, clicking away
with our cameras! Here's the way in to Canterbury Cathedral at
Christ Church Gate.
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Entrance to Canterbury Cathedral cost us £4 to walk round inside and
marvel at this very splendid building, which was worth it. But
they cheekily wanted another £2 for an inside photo permit which
wasn't... so we didn't take any internal pictures.
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Canterbury Cathedral's main tower near the entrance.
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Just look at Canterbury Cathedral's detailed architecture. No
wonder its upkeep costs so much.
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Back in Canterbury High Street we came across several tour groups doing
a guided tour of the city. The tourist season must start early
here then, as it was only early March; undoubtedly it'll be much busier
in the summer peak season.
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Our final visit before heading home was Canterbury Castle, seen here in
all its ruined glory. Now,...
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...the trouble with digital cameras is that you tend to take pictures
of anything and everything!
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