Welcome to Visit Thanington Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Thanington
Visit Thanington places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Thanington places to visit. A unique way to experience Thanington’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Thanington as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Thanington Walkfo Preview Thanington is a civil parish on the west edge of Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. It extends to the south-west of A2 from Wincheap to the Milton Bridge in Chartham. It is the only parished area within the City of Canterbury. The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas. When you visit Thanington, Walkfo brings Thanington places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Thanington Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Thanington
Visit Thanington – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 70 audio plaques & Thanington places for you to explore in the Thanington area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Thanington places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Thanington with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Thanington places with Walkfo Thanington to hear history at Thanington’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Thanington has 70 places to visit in our interactive Thanington 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 Thanington, 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 Thanington places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Thanington & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 70 audio facts unique to Thanington places in an interactive Thanington map you can explore.”
Walkfo Thanington tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Thanington
Best Thanington places to visit
Thanington has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Thanington’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Thanington’s information audio spots:
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.
St Mildred’s Church, Canterbury The Church of Saint Mildred is a partly Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury. It is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949.
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.
Canterbury Castle Canterbury Castle was one of the three original Royal castles of Kent (the other two being Rochester Castle and Dover Castle) It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and main bus station around City Wall.
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.
Dane John Mound The Dane John Mound was converted into a motte-and-bailey castle in the 11th century. It was turned into a civic park between 1790 and 1803.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Harbledown The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Norman stone church in Harbledown, near Canterbury, England. It follows the Anglo-Catholic tradition, is a parish of the Society of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since January 1967.
Visit Thanington plaques
22 plaques hereThanington has 22 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Thanington plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Thanington using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Thanington plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Thanington audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Thanington allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Thanington’s 70 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Thanington freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Thanington Map App
Our visit Thanington map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Thanington & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Thanington tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Thanington centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Thanington area at LONG:1.0548, LAT:51.26861.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Thanington, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Thanington / surrounding areas
● Beverley Ground ● St. Dunstan’s, Canterbury ● Westgate, Canterbury ● Kent Museum of Freemasonry ● Westgate Hall, Canterbury ● Marlowe Theatre ● Marlowe Memorial ● Blackfriars, Canterbury ● Bus Company Island ● Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, Canterbury ● Greyfriars, Canterbury ● Old Synagogue (Canterbury) ● Canterbury Heritage Museum ● Beaney House of Art and Knowledge ● City of Canterbury ● Canterbury ● Whitehall Dyke ● Old Palace, Canterbury ● St Mildred’s Church, Canterbury ● Canterbury Roman Museum ● Reginald Pole ● The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral ● Chair of St Augustine ● Durovernum Cantiacorum ● Diocese of Canterbury ● Canterbury Castle ● Whitefriars Shopping Centre ● Trinity Chapel ● St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury ● Whitehall Meadows
● Dane John Mound ● Kingsmead Stadium ● Catching Lives ● KMFM Canterbury ● St Augustine’s Abbey ● Wincheap ● St Michael and All Angels Church, Harbledown ● Canterbury-St Martin’s hoard ● Canterbury Christ Church University ● Harbledown ● Hales Place ● HM Prison Canterbury ● CSR 97.4FM ● University of Kent ● St Martin’s Church, Canterbury ● British Cartoon Archive ● St Martin’s Mill, Canterbury ● Rough Common ● Howe Barracks ● Thanington ● Kent and Canterbury Hospital ● Canterbury Cricket Week ● St Lawrence Ground ● St Lawrence Lime ● St Martin’s Hospital, Canterbury ● Bigbury Camp ● Upper Harbledown ● Chartham ● Church of St Mary, Chartham ● St Augustine’s Hospital, Chartham ● Larkey Valley Wood ● No Man’s Orchard ● South Blean ● Nackington ● Canterbury city walls ● Thomas Byrne (VC) ● Canterbury Cathedral ● Canterbury Guildhall
Getting to / around Thanington – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Thanington using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Thanington places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Thanington Public Transport Stations
Thanington Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Canterbury West railway station
Canterbury North Lane railway station
Canterbury power station
Canterbury East railway station
Canterbury Parkway railway station
Canterbury South railway station
Chartham railway station
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Local Thanington historians & Thanington tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Thanington? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Thanington’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Thanington place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Thanington Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Thanington destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Thanington’ web pages (for example: www.visitThanington.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Thanington places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Thanington places to visit. A unique way to experience Thanington’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Thanington as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Thanington places with Walkfo Thanington to hear history at Thanington’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Thanington has 70 places to visit in our interactive Thanington 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 Thanington, 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 Thanington places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Thanington & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Thanington?