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Canterbury has been a European pilgrimage site of major importance for over 800 years since the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170.

Today it is one of the most beautiful and historic cities in England. The medieval city centre bustles with famous name stores and exclusive boutiques while the picturesque side streets are home to smaller specialist shops, pubs and restaurants.

Pubs

Simple Simons

All-night happy hours and live music on Thursday nights make this tiny pub a favorite among the college crowd. Beverages served include a variety of beer and ales, as well as mixed drinks. This establishment tends to get extremely crowded during the summer time. Simple Simons is a great place to go if you're looking to meet new people.

Jolly Sailor

This establishment is especially popular among students of the nearby universities, although locals of all ages frequent the Jolly Sailor. A good selection of draft beers is available. Customers can choose to sit inside and enjoy the lively atmosphere, or, if the weather permits, they can find a seat in the outside beer garden.

Franklin and Firkin

BUTTERMARKET. This popular establishment is located just across from the entrance to Canterbury Cathedral. The numerous outdoor tables and indoor seats stay full throughout the day and night. This pub offers a good selection of draft beers, while the menu selection provides a variety of well-prepared food.

Restaurants

Café des Amis

This popular restaurant has the atmosphere of a genuine Mexican Cantina. The interior is decorated with blue-and-white tiles on the walls, wooden tables, and southwestern artwork. Menu selections provide a wide variety of Mexican cuisine with a British twist. In addition to fajitas, paella, and margaritas, customers can order mashed potatoes and hot tea.

Marlowe's Restaurant

Step back in time into the world of Hollywood in the 1930s. As the name suggests, this popular restaurant features a movie-star theme. Menu selections include a wide variety of reasonably priced meals including mesquite salmon, Marlowe Canterbury Pie, and blackened fish. Diners can choose to dine inside or out on the refreshing patio, weather permitting. This establishment enjoys a convenient location in the centre of town.

Tapas en las Trece

This is a great place to go with a group of friends to engage in good conversation over a sampling of Spanish tapas. Large, reasonably priced menus offer a variety to choose from including chicken, beef, pork, and vegetarian dishes. The lively atmosphere is created by the live musical entertainment that is frequently presented. Located northwest of the city centre.
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Upper Ansdore Guest House

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Upper Ansdore was probably a first floor hall house dating from the late medieval period circa 1380. In rural areas this form of house was favoured for defence purposes. Generally they are not large. The ground floor was probably used as store rooms or as a subsidiary living accommodation. Above the first floor is a hall of two bays, originally open to the roof with a single bay solar adjoining, which was always sealed, providing an attic. Two hundred years later in the 16th century, a chimney was built in what was called the screen's passage. This chimney built of Tudor bricks is large on today's standard but it allowed two fireplaces on the first floor, and two on the ground floor so that all rooms could be heated. Also note the bread oven to the side of the fireplace. One fireplace has stone supporting pillars with an oak lintel, which is moulded in the Tudor Arch or the Four Centred Arch. A Newel stair was built at the side of the chimney in place of the early ladder type, originally used for defence reasons. The roof constructed in Oak (cleft) is a full hipped roof of the Tie beam and Collar beam style roof, common in the South East. The walls, originally, constructed of Oak timber framing with Wattle and Daub infilling, have been bricked round in the early 18th century when bricks were more readily available and in fashion. Brickwork is laid in the Flemish Bond, and extends only to the first floor with the original timber framing (as above) covered with hanging tiles. At this time there was also an extension to the rear bringing the line of the roof down to within five feet from the ground level. This type of roof is sometimes called an Outshot or Catslide roof. This addition very often housed small animals - pigs, poultry etc. A minimum stay of two nights for bank holiday weekends is required. The house stands between two old railways, which were used less when the new road between Petham and Waltham was built in the mid 18th century. These roads are now only public footpaths leading to the church in Waltham and the village itself.


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