Spending the day in Canterbury (not what we expected)
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We are spending the day in Canterbury UK, checking out all of the sights this lovely cathedral city has to offer. With our friends and Kent locals as our guides, we are exploring the streets, neat buildings like the Canterbury crooked house, the city walls, taking in the sights from the John Day mound, and of course, visiting the legendary Canterbury Cathedral. We weren't really sure what to expect, but Canterbury is a place we've been recommended by many and we were pleasantly surprised by not just the Cathedral, but the beautiful city that surrounds it.
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The dog at the feet of the person on the tombs usually denotes that they died at home, whereas the lion means they died abroad (usually in battle)
Interesting - I didn't know that!
Thanks, Keith! We did not know that.
Woo! I graduated twice at Canterbury cathedral. It is a sight to behold.
Me too, only once though in 1997, what was your year?
Theres also Church of St Martin in Canterbury. It is the oldest church in Britain that is still used for services and also the oldest Parish church in the English speaking world. From around 600AD
Yes and St Augustines, they should have gone there instead of the Dane John Gardens which are a waste of time for visitors who only have a day to look round. The Roman Museum in Butchery Lane is also excellent.
Not sure if you've been but Windsor is a must. From the Railway station to the town itself its quite historic. There's a crooked house there, lovely parks and the River. Then the castle which is huge in itself. The biggest habital Castle in the world full of little treasures - The armoury inside has things of Napoleon's, Nelson and Wellington. It's also an active Army Barracks so you'll see the Kings guards marching about and then you have the Chapel where the Royal Weddings took place and the Queens funeral finished and where she was put to rest.
If you ever do Kent, try St Leonards Ossuary for a creepy crypt experience. 4000 men women and children's bones decorate the place
If you want to see ‘crooked houses’, do visit Lavenham in Suffolk. It is one of the most historic and beautiful villages in England, and there isn’t a straight line in the place!
Thanks for the suggestion, Gillian!
Have you visited England's capital before London, Winchester? It's cathedral is home to the tombs of nine Anglo-Saxon kings of England and a queen, and boasts the longest nave of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. Many more are thought to have been buried in the Old Minster, which the "new" cathedral replaced in 1093. The city is home to Winchester College. An hour away is Salisbury, the cathedral with the highest spire in Britain.
We really need to make it to Winchester next trip.
the Salisbury spire makes me think of the time the 2 FSB agents from Russia wanted to visit after rubbing Novichok on Sergei Skripals door handle lol
I grew up near Canterbury and went to school there from 1976 to 1982. Long time ago now, I'm now 57 !! Love your videos, glad you're loving our country !! Cheers !
You should go to the Cotswolds. I think you would love it there. It's beautiful.
Salisbury cathedral is another that is a bit special and Salisbury is convenient for Stonehenge.
It looks beautiful. We need to visit it in the future.
Lovely video 😊 Canterbury is a wonderful place.
You should come back late spring/early summer and see the change in the weather and countryside when all the plants and flowers explode in life.
If ever you are back in Kent again you should try to track down a gypsy tart as they are delicious though they can be hard to find sometimes. Some bakeries still do them and sometimes they do them in Asda but it’s a sweet pudding that doesn’t get enough attention and is definitely one of my favourites.
They did gypsy tart for dessert for school dinners back in my childhood. I went home for dinner but occasionally stayed for lunch and it was always a special treat when it was gypsy tart day.
Made from brown sugar and evaporated milk. 😊
Ive eaten many of the last 50 years!
Gypsy tarts are readily available in most Kent supermarkets. Sometimes the filling could be runny at my school in the 50's and 60's.
I went to sixth form (senior high) and University in Canterbury, and lived near the Westgate in my 2nd year. Good to see my local after-night-out kebab house still open at 04:18
I was there 1994 - 97, how about you? I loved Marlowes as you could take your own alcohol in 🤣
You are in my home county. Great to have you here. Whilst you were in Kent, you would have liked Rochester, lots of Dickens references and the house he wrote a lot of novels in. Quaint little place with another cathedral, a castle and a good museum. Plenty of shops you don't normally get in High Streets. In spring there are lots of blossom routes to meander round in a car looking at all the apple and pear blossom.
Next time! We are planning our next trip
There is a small innocuous care in Canterbury on or near Sun Street. The main reason for visiting is the fact that this is where the Pilgrim. Fathers met and agreed to purchase the Mayflower.
Oh, wow. That's really interesting. Maybe we can find it when we make our way back there.
Lincoln Cathedral is beautiful and one which you should definitely come to see. Lots of beautiful things to see in Lincoln - the castle, cathedral, steep hill and lots of other lovely sights!
Thanks for the tips! We really need to make it to Lincoln.
Not a problem at all! If you do make it up here I’ll happily let you know all the good spots!
@Almay I used to love the ghost tours at the cathedral area, especially when they would have students doing jump scares!
The Old Weavers house (the pub in the thumbnail) does great food and has an outside, covered seating area along side the river. I went there last year and watched all the boats go past as we ate! Fantastic place!
That sounds great. We'll have to visit it next time.
Lincoln has an amazing Christmas Market with loads of craft stalls selling traditionally made Christmas gifts. Most of the vendors dress in period costume and it really adds to the atmosphere. Also Cambridge is a beautiful city, lots of ancient buildings. Also King's College Chapel is amazing, its ceiling is beautiful and provides wonderful acoustics. King's College choir are renowned worldwide and seeing the Choristers arrive for Choral Evensong in their traditional and historic uniform is fascinating. The Chapel is open for evensong and it is wonderful to hear their angelic voices soar up to the roof and to enjoy the fantastic acoustics.
Canterbury has a tale or two to tell. 😜 There is a 1964 movie you should check out called Becket starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton if you are interested in the history of Thomas Becket and King Henry II.
I see what you did there. 😁
Loved the video guys... When it's summer ...punting and going into the park by the eastgste is a must. All I can say now is Oxford and Cambridge....two absolute must see cities! Both world class.
Thanks for the tips! We really have to come back!
Always enjoy a smile at the American touch of adding the to every place name. Nice to hear those little differences.
I’m so pleased you made it to my hometown. Canterbury born and bred here but now living in Australia.
Glad you enjoyed your time there! ☺️
Just a couple of notes - 3.38 the Beaney Institute, that is a building made to look old but it's either Victorian or Edwardian (can't remember exactly). It is in fact an excellent (and free to visit) museum so it's a shame you did not go in for a look around. 3.49 the buildings either side of Mercery Lane were two of the many pilgrim's inns where pilgrims who travelled down from London to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket could stay. They, like many other buildings in the high street, are timber framed but have rendering added in the 18th century. A lot of other medieval buildings in the high street actually look Georgian due to their having facades put on in the 1700's but, when you go inside, you see the original timber framed structure. This is also common in many other old towns in Britain. In medieval times, Flemish weavers were plentiful in Canterbury; some of the additional stories on the old buildings, like the one you pointed out, were added as workshops for them - that was a good spot on your part. The high doors your guide pointed out were probably used to raise and lower materials for weaving. There are three world heritage sites in Canterbury, unfortunately you only visited one of them. You could have skipped the Dane John Gardens which are a hang-out for druggies these days (I wouldn't go near the place!) plus the city wall walk and gone instead to the ruins of St Augustines Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon St Martins church, both World Heritage sites. The Roman Museum in Butchery Lane is also a 'must visit' with its intact Roman villa floor, exposed when Canterbury was bombed in the war. I realise you can't do everything in one day but I wish I'd showed you round as a little better prioritisation would have been useful, and that would have ensured you truly saw the best bits. You say in the video notes that you went to look at all Canterbury has to offer but you didn't really see the half of it in terms of the incredible history in this city. I'd have also taken you for lunch in Marlowes, or the excellent Cafe des Amis which both serve excellent food. I believe I was one of those who encouraged you to visit Canterbury so I am glad you did. I always enjoy your videos, thanks for making them.
Canterbury is now on my bucket list, thank you!
We hope you make it there and enjoy it. We can't wait to visit it again in a bit better weather.
Make sure you visit the St Augustines Abbey ruins, St Martins Church and the Roman Museum, all of which these guys missed.
Another vote for Norwich and Lavenham in Suffolk. East Anglia (a collection of eastern counties) is a lovely region and only a couple of hours from London. I used to work at Norwich Castle.
Hi i just want you to know thag i think you guys are so sweet and genuine, it makes your videos so enjoyable!! Keep up the good work ❤️
Great video. Please please visit Rochester - its got a great Cathedral and a Castle that has great views.
We need to. Hopefully, we can make it on our next trip. We're planning it now.
It was at Canterbury Cathedral where it was proven that glass is a liquid not a solid due to the width at the bottom of the stained glass compared to the top- albeit it takes centuries to flow
We didn't know that. That's really cool!
I am enjoying your travels😀 Love the UK, thanks!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video, Canterbury is a very cool place, quite amazing what you can discover.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@TheMagicGeekdom you must try and get to Lincoln cathedral and castle amazing place ,the magna carta is housed there
Canterbury was one of the cities targeted by the Germans in the Baedeker raids of WW2 (primarily conducted to erode morale, rather than for strategic purposes), so it's rather fortunate that so much remains of historic value
Oh, wow. We weren't aware of that. That is lucky that there is so much there to enjoy.
@Magic Geekdom - The city does not make a big thing of it, but literally 100 of buildings were lost and unfortunately not very sympathetically replaced in places. However still very historic and if not for some very brave people on incendiary duty on the roof of the Cathedral this would have been lost. As it was specifically targeted by the Germans.
There is an old black & white film called The Canterbury Tales, it shows Canterbury town after the bombings, the High st and Catherdral, good little movie about a American soldier visting the town. Worth a watch.
Yes, they demolished practically half of the city centre (the east side). The cathedral only survived because fire watchers on the top of the Bell Harry Tower bravely threw some incendiaries off before they could light up. I went to Canterbury Uni and did my third year research on the post war rebuilding of Canterbury - I also wrote this up into an article for the Journal of Kent History No. 49 (September 1999) if that's of interest.
@@neilboulton9813 If this topic is of interest, see my article in the Journal of Kent History (No. 49) on this very subject. The post war planning battles is a fascinating and often overlooked part of the city's history.
I don't know if it's still there but Canterbury used to have the best sweet shop with pick and mix and pink and white striped bags. Loved going there as a kid. And I remember not liking the smell of incense in the cathedral crypt!
just down the road from me
if you are down this way, would recommend hythe, especially St Leonards Church, which has an ossuary. A crypt not quite underneath, with walls with skulls and bones.
Looks like you had a great time.
I love how excited you both get about different places in the UK.
I was expecting you to try some of the local food.
Thank you! Hopefully we can make it back on our next trip with some better weather so we don't have to shorten our day.
i go there for one week the last November and it was really beautiful and I even booked a guide and I saw every part of it and the cathedral was really beautiful and had a very beautiful backstory
Hi from a Canterbury resident. Great video. Shame about the weather, Nov 2022 was very wet but also very mild and ended up being the warmest November on record here. February so far has been dry and sunny and would have been great for filming. One thing - you need to correct ‘John Day Mound’ to ‘Dane John Mound’ in your summary description! You did get it correct in the video though.
My daughter received her degree in Canterbury cathedral 5 years ago proudest day ever love your content guys xx
Glad you're enjoying your stay with us we do have some beautiful interesting places 💞
Most definitely!
@@TheMagicGeekdom 💞
Ahh my old university city! I had a great time there, so cool to see some of the places I used to go to are still there in your video :) Kent uni stuidents also got to graduate in the Cathedral which was incredible, not sure if they still do that now. Glad you guys had fun!
That sounds amazing. It's a beautiful place.
Yes it still happens.
I did too, 1999!
Super fun video! I highly recommend you visit Norwich too, it is one of the best preserved medieval areas left in the uk, there is a beautiful cathedral and the city has a Norman castle. Lots of great food and places to drink also. If you visit in spring or summer you can take a boat out on the river/broad and visit the beautiful norfolk coast.
even hire a live in boat for a few days to experience the norfolk broads
Thanks for the tip!
Another great video guys, love your uploads. And Another good reason why I don't need to travel out of these great shores. So much to see in my own back yard. Yet I only want to travel abroad. ❤️👍👌👏
Thanks for watching!
Easy to get to from London, Rochester, Kent is well worth a visit. Beautiful old town centre with remains of a Norman Castle and historic Cathedral.
Thank you for showing the beauty of our amazing city. The cannoli shop isn't far from my home, it's to tempting!
As a Fenn Man I can recommend the Broads of Norfolk, the beaches, the wide open spaces and the biggest skies. There are tiny villages with unusual names in East Anglia such as "Eye",“Stiffkey”, “Slutshole Lane”, “Cock Street”, “Two Mile Bottom”, “Cat's Bottom”, “Gaywood”, “Booty Road” & “Dick's Mount” to name but a few. I was born in Wisbech & lived in Cinema Cottage, Upwell. Which is famous for being the longest village along the banks of the River Nene. Not forgetting Norwich cathedral.
You neglected to mention that Canterbury is considered to be England's holiest site, the cathedral is the birthplace of Christianity with in England, and is one of the oldest Christian structures within the whole of Europe,
Thank you, Shaun!
Yes that was true of the Saxon cathedral, one tower of which survived right up until the 18th century at which point it was so dilapidated that it was pulled down and replaced.
I’m so pleased you enjoyed your visit to Canterbury! I’m lucky enough to live nearby and can safely say you were VERY unlucky with the weather!
That kind of come with when we were there. We're hoping to be back in the spring or summer.
@@TheMagicGeekdom if you do venture back into East Kent, you really should consider visiting my little hometown of Whitstable! I really think you'd love it 🙂
@@AmandaF2468 My wife and really liked Whitstable. We are fans of Peter Cushing and had no idea that he had lived there. So of course we had to go to Wetherspoons as well as that one is named for him. It was a side trip during our Canterbury trip. We also went to London and Dover thanks to the convenient train stations in Canterbury. Greetings from Canada. 🇨🇦
Thank you for updating me on Canterbury. I live 2.5 miles outside the city but rarely go there due to the traffic and high parking charges. We would rather save time and money by going the extra 8 miles to Ashford, a Kent market town.
I love Canterbury. I spent six weeks in the county gaol and house of corrections.
Canterbury has the oldest school in the UK which is Kings School founded at the sam3 time as the cathedral
Durham and Lincoln are my favourites. Go visit them if you haven't been already!
We really do need to visit Lincoln and revisit Durham when we have more time.
About those dogs on the tomb stones ... Art used to be FULL of symbols back in medieval times. So dogs were a symbol of loyalty. They are often on tomb stones of women to show that she was a loyal wife and mother. Lions on the other hand are usually on tombstone of men, mostly knights who fought in wars, lions symbolize a valiant warrior. Generally, if you come accross a medieval statue or painting, pay attention to what are they holding in their hands and if there's anything below/around their feet.
I graduated from university in the cathedral! Very special and a very special city to me and my friends
It is a lovely place!
Same. There seems to be a lot of UKC grads commenting on here!
I love your videos x
Amazing place to be !
Love you guys...real people
You need to visit Lincoln in the East Midlands. We also have a stunning Cathedral and the uphill part of the city is stunning. 👍
I went to Lincoln on the train up from Peterborough once, the views of the cathedral as you head across the fens towards the city are stunning.
Winchester is amazing ,try it guys ❤️
I remember going on a skool field trip to the cathedral aged 11and doing brass rubbings for the first time. Must of made an impression on me, it's half a century later.
That sounds pretty cool.
Brass rubbings, making an impression - there is a joke in there somewhere 🧐
You guys should check out Royal Tunbridge Wells and Scotney Castle!
If you like crooked houses you should visit Lavenham in Suffolk. It's beautiful and you'd love it.
It might be worth mentioning that Canterbury Cathedral is the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican communion and a World Heritage Site so yes, it is pretty important, even to an old atheist such as I!
That's very cool. We too are interested in the historical significance of the Cathedrals. That and they're beautiful to take in.
Definitely strokes the travel bug. Never thought about needing a VPN for streaming services abroad.
You really need to visit Lincoln The Cathedral , The Castle , A walk down steep hill into the City center. Especially In the summer months as there are lots of great beer gardens and alfresco drinking and dining. I love your content BTW i've been following a while now. P.S I live in lincoln in case you didn't guess..
Love your videos.
Thanks for watching Susanne!
You should visit Salisbury in Wiltshire! lovely old city right next to stonehenge! and the tallest cathedral in the UK
You guys are awesome, love your videos. You both seem to have a great outlook on life and the UK. I’ve lived in the US and it’s cool to see people coming in the other direction. Hope you come back to Birmingham one day, I’d love to show your round.
We do need to come back for a proper Birmingham visit. We loved the Christmas Market, but didn't get to do a lot else.
@@TheMagicGeekdom Hit me up if you come back. Need to try authentic Balti!
Of all the cathedrals I believe Salisbury to be the best. I was lucky on my last visit to climb up the spire. Wow!
Love your videos! They are so informative. I’d love to see you visit Oxford & the Cotswolds and my home town of Norwich and the Norfolk broads and coast 🥰
You guys need to go to Winchester, the old capital of the UK, it is also the home of the knights of the round table, you can actually see the table :)
Great video xx Hope you visited the cloisters and Chapter house (just by the marker of the actually place the murder happened in the Cathedral).
Thanks for watching COMEINTOMYWORLD!
If I had known you were in Canterbury I would have come and said hello
U need to go in spring n do the tor n the walk up from the holy well. N soo many secret awesome pubs
That sounds fun!
You should try Lincoln. It’s very underrated
Bradwell chapel is very old and partially built from roman ruins back in the 5th century and is a special place to visit and to just stand inside and soak it all in...
That looks really interesting. We'll have to add that to our list.
I would love to show both around Northern Ireland
Not sure if you’ve been to Hastings or Glastonbury yet ? But I’m so glad you liked Canterbury now read Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Just up the road from me!
Have you been to Rochester yet? 😊
Not yet!
Shame you didn't hear some music in the cathedral because the acoustics are something else. I heard Handel's Messiah there years ago and it was truly moving, especially the powerful sound of the organ.
I would imagine that's fantastic.
Canute of Denmark, King of England, one thousand years ago is commemorated in a stained glass window of the cathedral. This may be because he sponsored the restoration of many cathedrals after the Viking raids
Hi loving your videos. I really hope you will go to Hampton court palace and gardens there is also a maze there The most important kings of the uk. KING HENRY VIII. Check out a drone view first. Also Brough market, st Paul's cathedral. And Westminster Abbey are not to far from each other. Approx 3.5 miles.
Thank you! We have been to Brough Market. We loved it, but we need to visit the other places that you mentioned.
Please, I want to see a video of how such houses were built
I went to College There.
My friend lives there. It's a lovely place , but my family are in Northamptonshire, so no contest.
It really is lovely!
I'm just back from an overnight stay in lovely Canterbury. The hotel I stayed in was built in 1502 and everyone acted like that was normal.
It kind of is there.
Please please check out lincoln!! We have lots of roman history and by far the best cathedral!!! Xx
We really want to. We're planning it for our next trip soon.
Can I suggest a visit to Coventry, currently UK city of culture. It has the ruins of the old Cathedral and the new Cathedral, built in post second world war. City was known as Chicago of Uk for car building but also has an ancient history to explore. Unlike a lot of modern builds Coventrys cathedral is special architecture, full of symbolism. A visit can also take in Kenilworth, Warwick, Leamington spa and even Stratford
Conventry looks really pretty. We'll have to add that to our list for our next trip.
Your videos to short but love ❤️ your interests in where I lev Rochester has a great cathedral and castle with a old high street and back roads no one visit here one off many places on route to Canterbury also Faversham all on the same train route from London Victoria 😀
Sounds great!
I went to university here in 1999. I barely remember it though.
Time flies and university activities may contribute to that as well.
It’s a difficult call, however as an Architectural Historian, I would rate Canterbury as the apogee of Gothic (part Romanesque) architecture. Particularly it’s incredibly complex interior.
Have you been to Rochester yet? I forget!
Are u coming to middlesbrough x
Winchester 👍🏻
We do need to go there!
The walls are all Roman and (mostly) 14th century. It was only 2 of the towers that were rebuilt in the 50s
Fake food store...Why??? Lol! Great video guys👍
Hi love your videos, can you tell me what time of the year it was when you were there please? Trying to get an idea of the temperature for when I visit in May/June 2024 thanks❤😊
It should be much nicer there. This was in November.
Thank you!😀
You forgot the ducking stool in Canterbury
Hi
Hope you kept to your assigned zone
I guess we didn't receive our assignment.
Canterbury Is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury who is the senior clergyman in the Church of England (the King, of course, is Head of the Church). So the Cathedral is the No 1 church in the country.
And it's a beauty.