One of the most magnificent examples of Gothic cathedrals in the UK, it's well worth visiting for…read moreit's beautiful architecture, historical and religious significance, and surrounding local highlights. I won't go into it's background as other reviews have already mentioned, just updating that as of September 2023 admission is £17 for adults, free for children under 17, and local students, and discounted 20% for English Heritage members. Audio tours are £5 to rent, guidebooks are £10 for purchase. Hours are Mon-Sat 9AM to 5PM and Sun 11:30AM to 5PM, with last admissions an hour prior to closing. This is a working church so they have services and special events do check their website before you book. Interesting enough the single ticket is valid for 12 months so you may revisit within the year if you would like, I guess that accounts for the higher price of admission compared to some other cathedrals, maybe also bc there are currently renovations being done to the exterior of one of the main towers. The town of Canterbury has a walkable (about a 15 min walk from edge to edge of city center), pedestrian friendly main thoroughfare with lots of shops and restaurants, if there was one thing I wished coming on a brief day trip to a couple places, was that I got a couple more hours to walk around and explore the town, after spending about 45 minutes inside the cathedral itself.

Very cool hotel in Canterbury Cathedral inside the monastery the room are adequate, but nothing…read morefancy. The location is awesome although a little hard to get to if you're not familiar with the city as it's no car zone. You're able to walk around the cathedral by yourself at night as long as a guests has access to it.

We went Cristmas shopping in Canterbury and I was very surprised by this lovely little shop. From…read morethe outside I got the impression that I wasn't really going to be able to afford anything from there! It looks very expensive, I was very pleasently surprised to find the prices were very reasonible. I found a wizard of Oz keyring for £3 that I had seen in Past Times for £5! We also bought a very lovely 3ft snowman ormament for £15, I asked my other half how much he thought it would be and we guessed around £30, I was really pleased with it for £15. They sell a great selection of paper items such as cute cards and wrapping paper, note books etc as well as Christmas decorations and gift items. I will certainly be shopping there again and would recomend it as a lovely shop to pick up something different without it costing a fourtune.

Friendly card shop with a few extras. Plenty of selection, including a few cheap / value cards…read more Staff friendly and well situated on the high street.

Reasonably priced cards for all occasions, plus lots of party items. Because of the low prices the…read moreshop can get a little crowded, the assistants try to work quite quickly on the tills, so should only be a few minute wait to be served.

A large branch of WH Smith located by Woolworths at the top-end of the high street…read more It can get extremely busy in here at any time due to the post office on the top floor. The post office always has a huge queue and you can wait for some time to get served. The store itself stocks a good range of books, craft, stationary, computer supplies, magazines and has a small snack/drink section on the ground floor. There is also a post box on the ground floor by the stairs.

Good W H Smith store but since the Post Office have moved in upstairs it tends to get really over…read morebusy. Still has great selection of books and stationary. Can usually get what you want at a reasonable price but not too many bargains.

This is a very busy discount stationary and book store next to the Library…read more There's always a good selection of books and it stocks some brilliant gifts for children. There is a large selection of artist supplies at the back of the store. There's also quite a nice selection of cards and giftwrap. It can, however, get quite busy in here and could be difficult to get around with a pushchair or wheel chair.

Nice cheap bookshop, but only if want to browse and pick up a bargain. Although they do carry a…read morewide range, its not the place to go if you are looking for something in particular as they do not stock everything. You can pick up a great bargain if you are just passing but dont go there expecting to pick up something you where actually looking for! More end of line/not widely published books then popular or mainstream.