Archaeological site · Canterbury, Kent, England
St Augustine's Abbey
St Augustine's Abbey is the ruined abbey in Canterbury that English Heritage says St Augustine founded in AD 598; it is in English Heritage's care, has a site museum and is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site.
Why go
St Augustine's Abbey is in the care of English Heritage, which says it was founded in AD 598 by St Augustine on land given by King Ethelbert of Kent, and that the site museum traces how the Saxon monastery was rebuilt by the Normans before becoming a Tudor royal palace. English Heritage's prices page says tickets are valid all day and can be booked online until midnight the day before or bought on the day online or on arrival. It also says a Canterbury World Heritage Pass covers the abbey, Canterbury Cathedral and St Martin's Church, booked online or bought on the day at the abbey or the cathedral. This record is the abbey ruins in Canterbury, not the abbeys of the same name at Ramsgate or Chilworth, and its map point is inside the ruins, not the entrance.
Near St Augustine's Abbey
Church
St Martin's Church, Canterbury
St Martin's Church is a Church of England parish church on North Holmes Road, Canterbury, part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site with Canterbury Cathedral and St Augustine's Abbey.
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Church
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of the Diocese of Canterbury, standing in its Precincts in the city of Canterbury, Kent, and part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site.
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Fortress
Dover Castle
Dover Castle is the medieval castle on the white cliffs above the Channel at Dover, Kent, in the care of English Heritage, with Henry II's Great Tower and the Secret Wartime Tunnels.
23 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Royal Observatory Greenwich
The Royal Observatory is the historic observatory in Greenwich, London, home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian Line, run as a museum by Royal Museums Greenwich.
79 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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