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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Sturry

  

Sturry Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sturry

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Sturry history

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Human habitation in Sturry is thought to have started around 430,000 years ago, as dated flint implements – namely knives and arrow-tips – show. The most important era for Sturry, determining its future shape, size, function and name, was that part of the early 5th century when the beleaguered Romano-Britons brought in Frisians and Jutes as mercenaries to help them fight against invading Picts and Scots. Some of them settled near Sturry: their cemetery was found at Hersden.

The Second World War

During the Second World War, Sturry was bombed, the greater part of the High Street being destroyed by a parachute mine in 1941 during the Baedeker Blitz, killing 15 people of which seven were children aged 12 and under. A number of interesting buildings remain intact in Sturry, including the Manor House, built in 1583, which is now the junior school of The King’s School, Canterbury.

Sturry geography / climate

Sturry railway station was opened in 1848 and the line was electrified in 1962. It is on the line between Canterbury West and Ramsgate. The station was until the 1860s the stagecoach point for Herne and Herne Bay.

You can visit Sturry places with Walkfo Sturry to hear history at Sturry’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sturry has 55 places to visit in our interactive Sturry map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Sturry, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Sturry places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sturry & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 55 audio facts unique to Sturry places in an interactive Sturry map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Sturry Places Map
55 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Sturry historic spots	Sturry tourist destinations	Sturry plaques	Sturry geographic features
Walkfo Sturry tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sturry

  

Best Sturry places to visit

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Sturry has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sturry’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sturry’s information audio spots:

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordwich The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a redundant Anglican church in the small town of Fordwich, Kent. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building. The church is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Marlowe Memorial The Marlowe Memorial is a statue and four statuettes erected in 1891 in Canterbury, England. The memorial comprises a bronze statue, The Muse of Poetry sculpted by Edward Onslow Ford. The statue is now situated outside the city’s Marlowe Theatre.

Old Palace, Canterbury The Old Palace, also known as the Archbishop’s Palace, is a historic building situated within the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. It is the main residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury when in Canterbury.

Chair of St Augustine The Chair of St Augustine or Cathedra Augustini (Latin) is the ceremonial enthronement cathedra chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.

Durovernum Cantiacorum Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent. It occupied a strategic location on Watling Street at the best local crossing of the Stour.

St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury St Thomas of Canterbury Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Canterbury, Kent. It was built from 1874 to 1875 in the Gothic Revival style. It is situated on the corner of Burgate and Canterbury Lane, west of Lower Bridge Street.

Canterbury power station Canterbury power station supplied electricity to the City of Canterbury, Kent, England from 1900 to 1960. The small generating station was owned and operated by Canterbury Corporation until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948.

Canterbury Christ Church University Canterbury Christ Church University (CCUC) is a public university located in Canterbury, Kent. Founded as a Church of England college for teacher training in 1962, it was granted university status in 2005. Now has around 15,000 students based at locations across Kent.

St Martin’s Mill, Canterbury St Martin’s Mill is a Grade II listed, house converted tower mill in Canterbury, Kent, England. The mill was built in the 1930s and was converted into a mill.

Howe Barracks Howe Barracks was a military installation in Canterbury in Kent. It was located on the south coast of Canterbury in the early 1960s. Howe Barrack was a British military installation.

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