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Located just outside the City of Canterbury on the road to Sandwich is Canterbury Golf Club. The club was originally designed by world famous golf designer Harry Colt in 1927 and is a challenging 18 hole course. Whilst many other...
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Canterbury Hockey Club was founded in November 1901 and today is located in a purpose built facility a short five miles drive from the city centre at the PoloFarm Sports Club. The centre boasts an all weather playing field and...
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Canterbury Tennis Club is one of the leading tennis clubs in the South East of England and boasts a membership of over two hundred players. The centre is located on PoloFarm Sports Club, five miles from the centre of Canterbury...
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At selected times throughout the year visitors to the ancient town of Fordwich, just outside of Canterbury, are permitted to tour the medieval Town Hall. The building, also known as the Guildhall, was constructed during the reign of King Henry...
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The city of Canterbury in Kent has an impressive sports centre in the Kingsmead Leisure Centre. Kingsmead Leisure Centre boasts a wealth of facilities for those keen to maintain or improve their level of fitness. The centre has two swimming...
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Reculver Country Park covers 37 hectares of meadows and grassland just east of Herne Bay. Part of the area is a Local Nature Reserve and much of it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Attractions include footpaths with...
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St Augustine’s Abbey is the oldest Anglo-Saxon abbey in England. Founded in 597 by St Augustine, it was originally built as a burial site for the Kings of Kent. Largely rebuilt after the Norman Conquest, it began to fall into...
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St Martin's Priory in Canterbury is a very special and particularly ancient church. The church has the distinction of being the oldest church in England that has been in continuous use since the Roman era. St Martin's was named for...
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Unlike most churches in Kent St Mary’s at Fordwich was not extensively modernized by the Victorians and therefore retains a great deal of its earliest Norman character. Despite this there is a beautiful 20th Century east window designed by the...
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Sturry Road Community Park in Canterbury is one of the largest areas of green open space in the country that has been developed solely by the local community. The park covers an area of over 18 hectares of space that...
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