St Augustines Abbey
CanterburyThe ruins of a Benedictine abbey founded by Augustine in 598, with a museum telling its story.
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On the map
Longport, Canterbury, CT1 1PF
Quick facts
Augustine founded the abbey in 598, and it is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site.
It was the burial place of Kentish kings and archbishops, among them King Æthelberht and Theodore of Tarsus.
English Heritage looks after the ruins, with a museum on how the Saxon monastery became a Norman abbey and then a Tudor palace.
Address
Longport, Canterbury, CT1 1PF
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