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St Augustine's Abbey

Web Links Location Local station Canterbury East and West

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This great abbey, marking the rebirth of Christianity in southern England, was founded shortly after AD 597 by St Augustine.
Originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent, it is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, along with the cathedral and St Martin's Church. The impressive abbey is situated outside the city walls and is sometimes missed by visitors.
At the abbey, you can also enjoy the museum and free audio tour, along with our exciting new VR experience. Visitors can now experience the abbey as it would have appeared in the early 1500s with virtual reality headsets that enable visitors to ‘walk’ through parts of the 16th-century monastery and experience the site in an immersive way. New family interpretation also includes monks’ habits that can be borrowed, while visitors can interact with objects as never before, revealing more about monastic life at the abbey.

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Address

St Augustine's Abbey Longport Canterbury CT1 1PF

Contact

customers@english-heritage.org.uk 01227 767 345

Links

Website

Audio tours

Gift shop

Groups welcome

Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs and Registered Assistance Dogs welcome

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