Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury

My son has now been a student at Canterbury Christ Church University for over two years and has lived in Canterbury for the same amount of time. During visits to see my son and his girlfriend, he often mentions that we, his mum and dad, should visit the Cathedral. I have wanted to do this for some time but often not found the time on our visits. However, he mentioned in November that on our forthcoming December visit a large lighted Christmas tree would be in place outside the Cathedral. He believed that I would enjoy this sight. Indeed, this sold me. I thought it might help me to get into a ... more

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 ... more

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 ... more