Canterbury

Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover and has a mild oceanic climate. The 2021 population was 55,087, including a large student population. The site has been occupied since Paleolithic times and was the capital of the Celtic Cantiaci and of the Jute kingdom of Kent; the Romans named their settlement Durovernum Cantiacorum. Canterbury Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, draws about a million visitors a year, and the city economy relies heavily on tourism, higher education and retail.