"Visit the Cathedral- exterior view" Cathedral Tip by uglyscot

The present Cathedral is built on the site of a former church dating to Roman times. Its building styles denote crucial moments in the cathedral's history. Approach to the Cathedral is through Christ Church Gate on the south side of the precinct There rises the great church of tall towers, finials and walls with buttresses, the great Perpendicular-Gothic church. The Romanesque Nave and central tower were built 1377; an eastern arm was extended in 1130 and the staircase tower in 1166. The Quire was rebuilt after a fire in 1174 in the French Gothic style, the first such in England , with round arched windows with rounded arches above..
The Bell Harry tower houses a bell given by Henry Eastry to hang in the original romanesque tower which was replaced in 1498 by the present tower. It is at the junction of the transept and the Nave.
The porch at the south west is round and has monarchs and clergy from different periods of the Cathedral's history.

The Precincts are open from 7.00-21.00
The Cathedral is open from 9.00 to 18.30 from Easter to September and from 9.00- 16.30 from October to Easter.
On Sunday it is open from 12.30-14.30 and 16.30-17.30

Address: Buttermarket, Canterbury