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Westgate Towers

Westgate Towers is a museum in Canterbury, Kent. Add Canterbury Cathedral, 500 m away, to a visit; it leads 35 places within 15 km.

Photo: Westgate Towers, Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Canterbury

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Canterbury

Inside Canterbury

Westgate Towers 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

Warm months and wet ones

The warmest stretch in Canterbury is May to September, at 17–23°C in the afternoon.

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

Westgate Towers

Museum in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Canterbury
Official site: onepoundlane.co.uk/westgate-towers

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

The map

Where Westgate Towers is

Westgate Towers sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Canterbury is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (55,107 people). From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · It’s in town

Canterbury

55,107 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km northwest of it

Rough Common

1,291 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km northwest of it

Blean

1,327 people · 17 places to visit

4 · 2.5 km north of it

Tyler Hill

589 people · 16 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Westgate Towers is	People	Places to visit
Canterbury	It’s in town	55,107	17
Rough Common	1.8 km northwest of it	1,291	15
Blean	2.4 km northwest of it	1,327	17
Tyler Hill	2.5 km north of it	589	16
Upper Harbledown	2.8 km west of it	429	16
Sturry	3 km northeast of it	4,857	17
Broad Oak	3.3 km northeast of it	836	17
Chartham	3.3 km southwest of it	3,569	17

Make a day of it

Places to add to Westgate Towers

Within 15 km are 35 places, among them 3 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral.

CathedralCanterbury Cathedral500 m away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSaint Augustine's Abbey1 km away 3

CastleCanterbury Castle700 m away 4

FortCanterbury city walls500 m away 5

MuseumThe Marlowe Kit300 m away 6

MuseumCanterbury Roman Museum500 m away 7

MuseumKent Museum of Freemasonry100 m away 8

Abbey or prioryEastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr300 m away

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

Quick answers on Westgate Towers

Where is Westgate Towers?

Westgate Towers is in Canterbury, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Westgate Towers?

Museum in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Westgate Towers?

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 Westgate Towers?

Within 15 km: Canterbury Cathedral (500 m), Saint Augustine's Abbey (1 km), Canterbury Castle (700 m) and Canterbury city walls (500 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)

Westgate Towers: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, 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
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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