British Cartoon Archive
British Cartoon Archive is an archive on cartoonists. It is within Canterbury’s built-up area. Nearby, Canterbury Cathedral (2.2 km) heads a list of 35 within 15 km.
Art gallery in Canterbury
Inside Canterbury
British Cartoon Archive is inside Canterbury’s built-up area, with 13 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Choosing a month
Afternoons in Canterbury reach 17–23°C from May to September.
British Cartoon Archive
Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Art gallery
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Canterbury
- Official site
- cartoons.ac.uk
British Cartoon Archive on the map
Use the numbers to match each place near British Cartoon Archive with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Canterbury’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list British Cartoon Archive
Of the 8, Canterbury is the largest, at 55,107 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Canterbury
Tyler Hill
Rough Common
Blean
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where British Cartoon Archive is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | It’s in town | 55,107 | 17 |
| Tyler Hill | 700 m north of it | 589 | 16 |
| Rough Common | 900 m west of it | 1,291 | 15 |
| Blean | 1.1 km northwest of it | 1,327 | 17 |
| Broad Oak | 2.7 km northeast of it | 836 | 17 |
| Upper Harbledown | 2.7 km southwest of it | 429 | 16 |
| Sturry | 2.9 km east of it | 4,857 | 17 |
| Chartham | 4.2 km southwest of it | 3,569 | 17 |
Also near British Cartoon Archive
3 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral are among the 35 within 15 km.
CathedralCanterbury Cathedral2.2 km away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSaint Augustine's Abbey2.6 km away3
CastleCanterbury Castle2.5 km away4
FortCanterbury city walls2.3 km away5
MuseumThe Marlowe Kit2.2 km away6
MuseumCanterbury Roman Museum2.3 km away7
MuseumKent Museum of Freemasonry1.9 km away8
Abbey or prioryEastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr2.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is British Cartoon Archive?
British Cartoon Archive is in Canterbury, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is British Cartoon Archive?
Archive on cartoonists.
When is the best time to visit British Cartoon Archive?
May to September are the warmest months in Canterbury, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near British Cartoon Archive?
Within 15 km: Canterbury Cathedral (2.2 km), Saint Augustine's Abbey (2.6 km), Canterbury Castle (2.5 km) and Canterbury city walls (2.3 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Canterbury Cathedral: Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Augustine's Abbey: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury Castle: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury city walls: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Marlowe Kit: Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canterbury Roman Museum: Linda Spashett (Storye book), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Museum of Freemasonry: Pre36sunbeam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr: ABrocke, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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