Student Accommodation in Canterbury
Canterbury is one of the most beautiful historic cities in the country and, as home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, attracts history lovers from all over the world. Westgate Towers, for example, is the one of the main gates to the ancient walled city and, at nearly 640 years old, is England’s largest medieval gateway.
Canterbury, a cathedral city in southeast England, was a pilgrimage site in the middle Ages. Ancient walls, originally built by the Romans, encircle its medieval centre with cobbled streets and timber-framed houses.
Canterbury has been a European pilgrimage site of major importance for over 800 years since the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170. The pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales followed the Pilgrims Way to Canterbury, to worship and make penance at the tomb of the murdered Archbishop, Thomas Becket.