Canterbury Visitor Guide 2020- DIGITAL

HOW TO
Get here
Whether travelling by train, bus, biking, walking,
park and ride or road, Canterbury, Herne Bay
and Whitstable are so well connected you will
find them with ease.
CANTERBURY
BY TRAIN...
BY ROAD…
PARK & RIDE...
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With direct connections to and
from London Charing Cross
and London Victoria, both
Canterbury East and Canterbury
West stations offer flexible travel
to and from London with the
high speed 1 through Canterbury
West only taking 59 minutes
from London. Canterbury East
connects to Dover Prior station in
just 17 minutes. From Canterbury
to Whitstable or Herne Bay trains
travel via one simple change at
Faversham. The close proximity
to Ashford International, Eurostar
and the Eurotunnel Le Shuttle at
Folkestone make visits from the
continent an easy option too.
Plan your train travel through
nationalrail.co.uk
BY BUS…
National Express runs from
London Victoria Coach Station
and the Stagecoach M2 Express
links Canterbury to the O2
Greenwich. Stagecoach East
Kent local buses service the
district well with the triangle route
covering Canterbury, Whitstable
and Herne Bay. For details
visit stagecoachbus.com and
nationalexpress.com
Close to all major south east
motorways (M20/M2/M25/
M26) Canterbury is well
connected to and from London
and Dover. Travelling the short
distance to the coast from
Canterbury, take the direct 7 mile
route on the A290 all the way to
Whitstable and on to Herne Bay
following the coast. For direct to
Herne Bay from Canterbury, take
the Thornden Wood Road for an
8 mile trip.
BY BOAT…
The ferry ports of Dover are
within a 30 minute drive time to
Canterbury with regular sailings.
BY AIR…
All the major London airports are
less than two hours drive from
Canterbury (London Gatwick
Airport is 1 hour 25 minutes,
London Heathrow Airport 1 hour
55 minutes, London Stansted
Airport 1 hour 45 minutes and
London Luton Airport 2 hours).
Maypole Airfield is the closest
private airstrip.
For an easy parking option use
Canterbury’s Park and Ride
loop. Buses run approx. every
10 minutes, have free WiFi,
cost £3.50 per day and you
can hop on and off as much as
you want. There are three sites
(New Dover Road, Sturry Road
and Wincheap) which all have
disabled parking and spaces
for motorbikes. The New Dover
Road site offers motorhome
parking too. For details visit
canterbury.gov.uk/parkandride
BY BIKE…
Cyclists are well catered for
throughout the district with
cycle routes crisscrossing the
city and stretching down the
coast to Whitstable and Herne
Bay. There is cycle hire aplenty
and cycle lockers and parking
available. For details go to
visitcanterbury.co.uk
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CANTERBURY
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