City of Canterbury
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| City of Canterbury | |
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 Shown within Kent | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | City |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Kent |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 153rd 308.84 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Canterbury |
| ONS code: | 29UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 117th 143,700 465 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 96.6% White |
| Politics | |
 Canterbury City Council http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Julian Brazier, Roger Gale |
The City of Canterbury is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. The main settlement in the district is Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury. See the Canterbury article for the main description of Canterbury.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the existing city of Canterbury with the Whitstable and Herne Bay Urban Districts, and Bridge-Blean Rural District. The latter district entirely surrounded the city; the urban districts occupied the coastal area to the north.
Within the district are the towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable, which with the parishes (shown below) and the cathedral city itself, make up the 'City of Canterbury' district.
There are 26 parishes within the district, as follows:
- Adisham
- Barham
- Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne
- Bishopsbourne
- Blean
- Bridge
- Chartham
- Chestfield
- Chislet
- Fordwich: has town status
- Hackington
- Harbledown
- Herne and Broomfield
- Hoath
- Ickham
- Kingston
- Littlebourne
- Lower Hardres
- Petham
- Sturry
- Thanington Without
- Upper Hardres
- Waltham
- Westbere
- Wickhambreux
- Womenswold
[edit] Geography
The area is in the main rural, although the entire coastal strip is taken up by the almost unbroken sprawl of seaside towns from Seasalter, west of Whitstable to Herne Bay, Kent. Between them and the city there is high land, well wooded, south of which the River Great Stour flows from its source beyond Ashford. The city of Canterbury stands upon this river. Although it was primarily religious in its foundation, Canterbury is now also the home of the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University. Canterbury stood at the end of the Pilgrims' Way, and also on the Roman road Watling Street: the A2 road (London to Dover) which replaced the latter now bypasses the city.
[edit] See also
The more extensive article at Canterbury, Kent
| The city of Canterbury in Kent, South East England with the surrounding suburbs, villages, towns and parishes : | |
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Adisham • Barham • Bekesbourne • Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne • Bishopsbourne • Blean • Bridge • Chartham • Chartham Hatch • Chestfield • Chislet • East Stourmouth • Fordwich • Greenhill • Hackington • Harbledown • Herne • Herne and Broomfield • Herne Bay • Hersden • Hoath • Ickham • Ickham and Well • Kingston • Littlebourne • Lower Hardres • Marshside • Patrixbourne • Petham • Plucks Gutter • Reculver • Stourmouth • Sturry • Swalecliffe • Tankerton • Thanington Without • Tyler Hill • Upper Harbledown • Upper Hardres • Waltham • Westbere • Whitstable • Wickhambreaux • Womenswold | |
| The district of the City of Canterbury List of places in Kent | |
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