Museum · Canterbury · Kent

The Marlowe Kit

The Marlowe Kit is a local history museum, children's museum, heritage museum in Canterbury, Kent. Close by, Canterbury Cathedral is 400 m away, one of 35 within 15 km. Articles on it exist in 5 languages.

Photo: The Marlowe Kit, Storye book (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Canterbury

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Canterbury

Inside Canterbury

The Marlowe Kit 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.

When to go

Which month to go

Afternoons in Canterbury reach 17–23°C from May to September.

Jan8° / 2°61 mm

Feb8° / 2°49 mm

Mar11° / 4°40 mm

Apr14° / 5°42 mm

May17° / 8°48 mm

Jun20° / 11°49 mm

Jul23° / 13°48 mm

Aug23° / 13°59 mm

Sep19° / 11°52 mm

Oct15° / 8°79 mm

Nov11° / 5°77 mm

Dec8° / 3°73 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Canterbury, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Canterbury. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Canterbury’s full climate →

About

The Marlowe Kit

Local history museum, children's museum, heritage museum in Canterbury, Kent.

In Canterbury, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Canterbury
Official site: canterbury-museums.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where it sits

The Marlowe Kit is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Bases near The Marlowe Kit

Largest of the 8 is Canterbury, home to 55,107. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Canterbury

55,107 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km northwest of it

Rough Common

1,291 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km northwest of it

Blean

1,327 people · 17 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km north of it

Tyler Hill

589 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where The Marlowe Kit is	People	Places to visit
Canterbury	It’s in town	55,107	17
Rough Common	2.1 km northwest of it	1,291	15
Blean	2.7 km northwest of it	1,327	17
Tyler Hill	2.9 km north of it	589	16
Upper Harbledown	2.9 km west of it	429	16
Sturry	3.1 km northeast of it	4,857	17
Chartham	3.3 km southwest of it	3,569	17
Broad Oak	3.4 km northeast of it	836	17

Make a day of it

Beyond The Marlowe Kit

Nearby, 35 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral.

CathedralCanterbury Cathedral400 m away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSaint Augustine's Abbey800 m away 3

CastleCanterbury Castle400 m away 4

FortCanterbury city walls300 m away 5

MuseumCanterbury Roman Museum300 m away 6

Abbey or prioryEastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr100 m away 7

MuseumThe Beaney House of Art and Knowledge200 m away 8

MuseumKent Museum of Freemasonry300 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to The Marlowe Kit

Where is The Marlowe Kit?

The Marlowe Kit is in Canterbury, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is The Marlowe Kit?

Local history museum, children's museum, heritage museum in Canterbury, Kent.

When is the best time to visit The Marlowe Kit?

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 The Marlowe Kit?

Within 15 km: Canterbury Cathedral (400 m), Saint Augustine's Abbey (800 m), Canterbury Castle (400 m) and Canterbury city walls (300 m).

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 (9)

The Marlowe Kit: Storye book, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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
Canterbury Roman Museum: Linda Spashett (Storye book), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr: ABrocke, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kent Museum of Freemasonry: Pre36sunbeam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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