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 The Victoria Hotel 
59 London Road, Canterbury, Kent
User review: 7.77. From GBP 45.00
Express By Holiday Inn Canterbury
A2, Upper Harbledown, Canterbury
User review: 7.55. From GBP 50.00
 Best Western Abbots Barton Hotel
36 New Dover Rd, Canterbury
User review: 8.10. From GBP 60.00
Swallow Chaucer Hotel
63 Ivy Lane, Canterbury
User review: 7.10. From GBP 54.00
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Coordinates: 51°16′30″N 1°05′13″E / 51.275, 1.087
Canterbury (pronunciation; IPA: /ˈkæntəbɹ̩i/) lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, in South East England. It lies on the River Stour.
Originally a Brythonic settlement, it was renamed Durovernum Cantiacorum by the Roman conquerors in the first century AD. After the Jutish settlement it became their chief settlement, whence it gained its English name Canterbury, itself derived from the Old English Cantwareburh ("Kent people's stronghold"). After the Kingdom of Kent's conversion to Christianity in 597, St Augustine founded an episcopal see in the city and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, a position that now heads the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion. Thomas Becket's murder at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 led to the cathedral becoming a place of pilgrimage for Christians worldwide. This pilgrimage provided the theme for Geoffery Chaucer's 14th-century literary classic the Canterbury Tales. The literary heritage continued with the birth of the playwright Christopher Marlowe in the city in the 16th century.
Many historical structures remain in the city, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle, and perhaps the oldest school in England, The King's School. Modern additions include the University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, the Marlowe Theatre, and the St Lawrence Ground, home to Kent County Cricket Club.
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