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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">City of Canterbury</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="شهر کنتربری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شهر کنتربری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury_(Eng-l%C3%A2n)" title="City of Canterbury (Eng-lân) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="City of Canterbury (Eng-lân)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="City of Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" 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data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="شهر کنتربری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهر کنتربری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%C3%A9_de_Canterbury" title="Cité de Canterbury – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cité de Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%ED%8B%B0%EC%98%A4%EB%B8%8C%EC%BA%94%ED%84%B0%EB%B2%A0%EB%A6%AC" title="시티오브캔터베리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시티오브캔터베리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citt%C3%A0_di_Canterbury" title="Città di Canterbury – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Città di Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="City of Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenterberija_(boro)" title="Kenterberija (boro) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kenterberija (boro)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="سیتی کنتربری – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="سیتی کنتربری" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury_(Engeland)" title="City of Canterbury (Engeland) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="City of Canterbury (Engeland)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC" title="シティ・オブ・カンタベリー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シティ・オブ・カンタベリー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="City of Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="City of Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="کنٹربری – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کنٹربری" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury_(Wielka_Brytania)" title="City of Canterbury (Wielka Brytania) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="City of Canterbury (Wielka Brytania)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_(district)" title="Canterbury (district) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Canterbury (district)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D1%84-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Сити-оф-Кентербери – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сити-оф-Кентербери" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="City of Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="City of Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungsod_ng_Canterbury" title="Lungsod ng Canterbury – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Lungsod ng Canterbury" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg 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United Kingdom">borough</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">city</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Canterbury</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canterbury_Cathedral_Aerial_image_(8636097884).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view of Canterbury Cathedral and the surrounding area"><img alt="Aerial view of Canterbury Cathedral and the surrounding area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Canterbury_Cathedral_Aerial_image_%288636097884%29.jpg/280px-Canterbury_Cathedral_Aerial_image_%288636097884%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="210" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Non-metropolitan district council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Canterbury City Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rosie_Duffield" title="Rosie Duffield">Rosie Duffield</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roger_Gale" title="Roger Gale">Roger Gale</a></td></tr><tr 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known as the <b>City of Canterbury</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">local government district</a> with <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of cities in the United Kingdom">city status</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, England. It is named after its largest settlement, <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a>, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of <a href="/wiki/Fordwich" title="Fordwich">Fordwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herne_Bay" title="Herne Bay">Herne Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whitstable" title="Whitstable">Whitstable</a>, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the district lie within the designated <a href="/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kent_Downs" title="Kent Downs">Kent Downs</a>. </p><p>The neighbouring districts (clockwise from east) are <a href="/wiki/Thanet_District" title="Thanet District">Thanet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dover_District" title="Dover District">Dover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Folkestone_and_Hythe_District" title="Folkestone and Hythe District">Folkestone and Hythe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Ashford" title="Borough of Ashford">Ashford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Swale" title="Borough of Swale">Swale</a>, all of which are also in Kent. To the north the district has a coast onto the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Canterbury itself was an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">ancient borough</a>, which had held city status from <a href="/wiki/Time_immemorial" title="Time immemorial">time immemorial</a>. The earliest known <a href="/wiki/Municipal_charter" title="Municipal charter">charter</a> was issued by <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II</a> (reigned 1154–1189). A subsequent charter in 1448 gave the city the right to appoint a <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Canterbury" title="List of mayors of Canterbury">mayor</a>. Another in 1461 declared the city to be a <a href="/wiki/County_corporate" title="County corporate">county corporate</a>, appointing its own <a href="/wiki/Sheriff_of_Canterbury" title="Sheriff of Canterbury">sheriff</a>, making it administratively independent from the surrounding county of Kent.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When elected county councils were established in 1889, Canterbury's independence was maintained by making it a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, independent from the new <a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Council" title="Kent County Council">Kent County Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although administratively independent, Canterbury was still deemed part of Kent for the purposes of <a href="/wiki/Lord-lieutenant" title="Lord-lieutenant">lieutenancy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, covering the area of four former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridge-Blean_Rural_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bridge-Blean Rural District (page does not exist)">Bridge-Blean Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a> <a href="/wiki/County_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough">County Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herne_Bay" title="Herne Bay">Herne Bay</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitstable" title="Whitstable">Whitstable</a> Urban District</li></ul> <p>The Bridge-Blean Rural District entirely surrounded the old city; the urban districts occupied the coastal area to the north.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new district was named Canterbury after its largest settlement.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is a <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">non-metropolitan district</a>, with Kent County Council providing county-level services to the area. The district was awarded <a href="/wiki/Borough_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Borough status in the United Kingdom">borough status</a> from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Canterbury's series of mayors dating back to 1448.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canterbury's city status was extended to cover the whole of the new borough.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988 the position of mayor was given the honorific title of <a href="/wiki/Lord_mayor" title="Lord mayor">lord mayor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council continues to appoint a ceremonial sheriff; the sheriff no longer has any judicial functions, but the title is today taken by the deputy chair of the council.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Canterbury City Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canterbury_City_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Canterbury_City_Council.svg/200px-Canterbury_City_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Canterbury_City_Council.svg/300px-Canterbury_City_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Canterbury_City_Council.svg/400px-Canterbury_City_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="165" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1974</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Canterbury" title="List of mayors of Canterbury">Lord Mayor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Jean Butcher, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 17 May 2023<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the Council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Alan Baldock, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 17 May 2023<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Head of Paid Service</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Tricia Marshall <br />since 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">39</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Canterbury_City_Council_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/UK_Canterbury_City_Council_2023.svg/260px-UK_Canterbury_City_Council_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/UK_Canterbury_City_Council_2023.svg/390px-UK_Canterbury_City_Council_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/UK_Canterbury_City_Council_2023.svg/520px-UK_Canterbury_City_Council_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Administration (27)</dt> <dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B ; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (18)</dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A ; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (9)</span></dd> <dt>Other parties (12)</dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC ; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (8)</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#02A95B; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> (4)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2023_Canterbury_City_Council_election" title="2023 Canterbury City Council election">4 May 2023</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6 May 2027</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Guildhall,_Canterbury_(geograph_3467978).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/The_Guildhall%2C_Canterbury_%28geograph_3467978%29.jpg/220px-The_Guildhall%2C_Canterbury_%28geograph_3467978%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/The_Guildhall%2C_Canterbury_%28geograph_3467978%29.jpg/330px-The_Guildhall%2C_Canterbury_%28geograph_3467978%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/The_Guildhall%2C_Canterbury_%28geograph_3467978%29.jpg/440px-The_Guildhall%2C_Canterbury_%28geograph_3467978%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Guildhall" title="Canterbury Guildhall">Guildhall</a>, St Peter's Place, Canterbury, CT1<span class="nowrap"> </span>2DB</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.canterbury.gov.uk">www<wbr />.canterbury<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Canterbury City Council provides <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district-level</a> services. <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">County-level</a> services are provided by <a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Council" title="Kent County Council">Kent County Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The more rural parts of the district are covered by <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a>, which form a third tier of local government for their areas.<sup id="cite_ref-electionmaps_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionmaps-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has been under <a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">no overall control</a> since April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Canterbury_City_Council_election" title="2023 Canterbury City Council election">May 2023 elections</a> a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> coalition formed to run the council, led by Labour councillor Alan Baldock.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-electionscentre_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionscentre-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1974–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1991–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>2005–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2023–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The role of <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Canterbury" title="List of mayors of Canterbury">lord mayor</a> in Canterbury is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a> (formally the chair of the policy committee prior to 2002). The leaders since 1974 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Arthur Porter<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">1 Apr 1974</td> <td align="right">19 May 1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jim Nock</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">19 May 1982</td> <td align="right">31 Aug 1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Peter Lee<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">1 Sep 1986</td> <td align="right">10 May 1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jim Nock<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">21 May 1987</td> <td align="right">9 May 1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>David Pentin</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">10 May 1990</td> <td align="right">16 May 1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jackie Hayes</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">16 May 1991</td> <td align="right">21 Feb 1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Terry Rees</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">11 Apr 1994</td> <td align="right">19 May 1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Celia Rigden<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">19 May 1994</td> <td align="right">15 Aug 1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Marion Attwood</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">15 Aug 1994</td> <td align="right">3 Oct 1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iain Douglas</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">3 Oct 1994</td> <td align="right">21 Nov 1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Celia Rigden</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">21 Nov 1994</td> <td align="right">7 May 1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Peter Wales</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">18 May 1995</td> <td align="right">1 Dec 1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Martin Vye</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">1 Dec 1997</td> <td align="right">20 May 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>(no leader)</td> <td colspan="2"></td> <td align="right">20 May 1999</td> <td align="right">8 May 2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alex Perkins</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="right">8 May 2002</td> <td align="right">11 May 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Harry Cragg</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">11 May 2005</td> <td align="right">16 May 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Gilbey</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">16 May 2007</td> <td align="right">10 May 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Simon Cook</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">20 May 2015</td> <td align="right">5 May 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rob Thomas</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">22 May 2019</td> <td align="right">10 Sep 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ben Fitter-Harding</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">10 Sep 2020</td> <td align="right">7 May 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alan Baldock</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">17 May 2023 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compositions">Compositions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Compositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2023_Canterbury_City_Council_election" title="2023 Canterbury City Council election">2023 election</a> the composition of the council was:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">39 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The next election is due in 2027. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_City_Council_elections" title="Canterbury City Council elections">Canterbury City Council elections</a></div> <p>Since the last full review of boundaries in 2015 the council has comprised 39 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> representing 21 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a> with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premises">Premises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Council meetings are held at <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Guildhall" title="Canterbury Guildhall">Canterbury Guildhall</a> at the corner of St Peter's Place and St Peter's Street, adjoining the <a href="/wiki/Westgate,_Canterbury" title="Westgate, Canterbury">Westgate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was formerly the Church of the Holy Cross. It had been commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop</a> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Sudbury" title="Simon Sudbury">Simon Sudbury</a> and was completed before his death in 1381.<sup id="cite_ref-BaxWestgateTowerHistory_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaxWestgateTowerHistory-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the church was declared redundant and <a href="/wiki/Deconsecrated" class="mw-redirect" title="Deconsecrated">deconsecrated</a> in 1972, it was acquired by the city council and converted for municipal use: it was officially re-opened by <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">Prince Charles</a> as the council's meeting place on 9 November 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The council's main offices are the Council Offices on Military Road, Canterbury, which was built in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 2024 the council plans to vacate Military Road and move its offices to converted parts of the <a href="/wiki/Whitefriars_Shopping_Centre" title="Whitefriars Shopping Centre">Whitefriars Shopping Centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within the district are the towns of <a href="/wiki/Herne_Bay,_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="Herne Bay, Kent">Herne Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whitstable" title="Whitstable">Whitstable</a>, which, with the rural parishes and the cathedral city itself, make up the district of the City of Canterbury. There are 27 parishes within the district, as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adisham" title="Adisham">Adisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barham,_Kent" title="Barham, Kent">Barham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne" title="Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne">Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishopsbourne" title="Bishopsbourne">Bishopsbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blean" title="Blean">Blean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge,_Kent" title="Bridge, Kent">Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chartham" title="Chartham">Chartham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chestfield" title="Chestfield">Chestfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislet" title="Chislet">Chislet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fordwich" title="Fordwich">Fordwich</a>, which has town status</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackington" title="Hackington">Hackington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbledown_and_Rough_Common" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbledown and Rough Common">Harbledown and Rough Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hersden" title="Hersden">Hersden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herne_and_Broomfield" title="Herne and Broomfield">Herne and Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoath" title="Hoath">Hoath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ickham" class="mw-redirect" title="Ickham">Ickham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Kent" title="Kingston, Kent">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlebourne" title="Littlebourne">Littlebourne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lower_Hardres_and_Nackington&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lower Hardres and Nackington (page does not exist)">Lower Hardres and Nackington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petham" title="Petham">Petham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturry" title="Sturry">Sturry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanington_Without" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanington Without">Thanington Without</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Hardres" title="Upper Hardres">Upper Hardres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Kent" title="Waltham, Kent">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbere" title="Westbere">Westbere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickhambreaux" title="Wickhambreaux">Wickhambreaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Womenswold" title="Womenswold">Womenswold</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Swalecliffe" title="Swalecliffe">Swalecliffe</a> is an unparished area within the district. </p><p>The district is largely rural, with a coastal strip taken up by the almost unbroken spread of seaside towns and beaches from <a href="/wiki/Seasalter" title="Seasalter">Seasalter</a>, west of Whitstable, to <a href="/wiki/Herne_Bay,_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="Herne Bay, Kent">Herne Bay</a>. Between them and the city the hills rise into the wooded area of Blean, south of which the <a href="/wiki/River_Stour,_Kent" title="River Stour, Kent">Great Stour</a> flows from its source beyond <a href="/wiki/Ashford,_Kent" title="Ashford, Kent">Ashford</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Ethnic Group </th> <th colspan="2">1991<sup id="cite_ref-:412_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:412-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2001<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2011<sup id="cite_ref-:36_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:36-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a>: Total </th> <th>121,942 </th> <th>98.4% </th> <th>130,700 </th> <th>96.6% </th> <th>140,620 </th> <th>93% </th></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">British</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>125,289 </td> <td>92.6% </td> <td>132,269 </td> <td>87.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Irish" title="White Irish">Irish</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>1,338 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,260 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Gypsy_or_Irish_Traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="White Gypsy or Irish Traveller">Gypsy or Irish Traveller</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>374 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/Other_White" title="Other White">Other</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>4,073 </td> <td>3% </td> <td>6,717 </td> <td>4.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian or Asian British</a>: Total </th> <th>1,086 </th> <th>0.9% </th> <th>1,964 </th> <th>1.5% </th> <th>5,135 </th> <th>3.4% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Indians" title="British Indians">Indian</a> </td> <td>349 </td> <td> </td> <td>600 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,448 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">Pakistani</a> </td> <td>34 </td> <td> </td> <td>77 </td> <td> </td> <td>306 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshis" title="British Bangladeshis">Bangladeshi</a> </td> <td>110 </td> <td> </td> <td>117 </td> <td> </td> <td>251 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Chinese" title="British Chinese">Chinese</a> </td> <td>279 </td> <td> </td> <td>650 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,436 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: Other Asian </td> <td>314 </td> <td> </td> <td>520 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,694 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black or Black British</a>: Total </th> <th>409 </th> <th>0.3% </th> <th>610 </th> <th>0.5% </th> <th>1,937 </th> <th>1.3% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" title="British African-Caribbean people">Caribbean</a> </td> <td>121 </td> <td> </td> <td>186 </td> <td> </td> <td>437 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" title="British African-Caribbean people">African</a> </td> <td>149 </td> <td> </td> <td>384 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,338 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_ethnicity_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom">Other Black</a> </td> <td>139 </td> <td> </td> <td>40 </td> <td> </td> <td>162 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed or British Mixed</a>: Total </th> <th>– </th> <th>– </th> <th>1,362 </th> <th>1% </th> <th>2,551 </th> <th>1.7% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black Caribbean </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>331 </td> <td> </td> <td>680 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black African </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>134 </td> <td> </td> <td>305 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Asian </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>494 </td> <td> </td> <td>897 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: Other Mixed </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>403 </td> <td> </td> <td>669 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other: Total </th> <th>510 </th> <th>0.4% </th> <th>642 </th> <th>0.5% </th> <th>902 </th> <th>0.6% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Other: Arab </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>405 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other: Any other ethnic group </td> <td>510 </td> <td>0.4% </td> <td>642 </td> <td>0.5% </td> <td>497 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>123,947 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>135,278 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>151,145 </th> <th>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canterbury_pop_pyramid.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Canterbury_pop_pyramid.svg/220px-Canterbury_pop_pyramid.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Canterbury_pop_pyramid.svg/330px-Canterbury_pop_pyramid.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Canterbury_pop_pyramid.svg/440px-Canterbury_pop_pyramid.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2413" data-file-height="2080" /></a><figcaption>Population pyramid of the City of Canterbury in 2020</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district participates in the <a href="/wiki/Sister_Cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Sister Cities">Sister Cities</a> programme, with links<sup id="cite_ref-Council_twinning_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_twinning-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Illinois" title="Bloomington, Illinois">Bloomington-Normal</a>, Illinois, and <a href="/wiki/Vladimir,_Russia" title="Vladimir, Russia">Vladimir, Russia</a>. </p><p>The Three Towns Association was founded in 1985 on the initiative of three local clergymen to promote person-to-person contact between ordinary people in the UK, the U.S. and Russia. The name was subsequently changed to the Three Cities Association. The Association chose <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin" title="Vladimir Lenin">Vladimir</a> as the twin city in Russia because it is the seat of Christianity in that country as Canterbury is the seat of Christianity in England. Vladimir was already twinned with Bloomington-Normal. Among other activities, the Association arranged home-stay exchanges between the two Simon Langton Schools in Canterbury and School No. 23 in Vladimir, where the teaching was conducted in English. </p><p>Several towns and villages within the City of Canterbury have their own twinning arrangements:<sup id="cite_ref-Council_twinning_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_twinning-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> see the articles on <a href="/wiki/Canterbury#International_relations" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitstable" title="Whitstable">Whitstable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herne_Bay,_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="Herne Bay, Kent">Herne Bay</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Canterbury" title="List of mayors of Canterbury">List of mayors of Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriff_of_Canterbury" title="Sheriff of Canterbury">Sheriff of Canterbury</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Canterbury&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 November</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Heritage+List+for+England&rft.atitle=Church+of+the+Holy+Cross%2C+Canterbury+%281241661%29&rft.au=Historic+England&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2FHistoricEngland.org.uk%2Flisting%2Fthe-list%2Flist-entry%2F1241661%3Fsection%3Dofficial-list-entry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+of+Canterbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-gazette-canterbury-district/20130214/281840051064296">"Remember Prince is Freeman of City"</a>. <i>Kentish Gazette</i>. 14 February 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Kentish+Gazette&rft.atitle=Remember+Prince+is+Freeman+of+City&rft.date=2013-02-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressreader.com%2Fuk%2Fkentish-gazette-canterbury-district%2F20130214%2F281840051064296&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+of+Canterbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.canterbury.gov.uk/contact-us?topic=Job%20vacancies">"Contact us"</a>. <i>Canterbury City Council</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Canterbury+City+Council&rft.atitle=Contact+us&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canterbury.gov.uk%2Fcontact-us%3Ftopic%3DJob%2520vacancies&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+of+Canterbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoney2023" class="citation news cs1">Honey, Sam (4 July 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kentlive.news/news/property/plans-show-fresh-look-new-8573534">"Plans show fresh look at the new Canterbury City Council offices"</a>. <i>Kent Live</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Kent+Live&rft.atitle=Plans+show+fresh+look+at+the+new+Canterbury+City+Council+offices&rft.date=2023-07-04&rft.aulast=Honey&rft.aufirst=Sam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kentlive.news%2Fnews%2Fproperty%2Fplans-show-fresh-look-new-8573534&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+of+Canterbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100815052908/http://www2.canterbury.gov.uk/committee/mgListCommittees.aspx?PC=1&bcr=1">"Parish Councils"</a>. Canterbury City Council. 2008. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.canterbury.gov.uk/committee/mgListCommittees.aspx?PC=1&bcr=1">the original</a> on 15 August 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 September</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Parish+Councils&rft.pub=Canterbury+City+Council&rft.date=2008&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.canterbury.gov.uk%2Fcommittee%2FmgListCommittees.aspx%3FPC%3D1%26bcr%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+of+Canterbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:412-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:412_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Data is taken from United Kingdom <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/index.htm">Casweb Data services</a> of the United Kingdom <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm">1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales</a> (Table 6)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/local-authorities-ks06--ethnic-group.xls">"Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics"</a>. <i>webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Office+of+National+Statistics%3B+2001+Census+Key+Statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwebarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fukgwa%2F20160105160709%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Frel%2Fcensus%2Fcensus-2001-key-statistics%2Flocal-authorities-in-england-and-wales%2Flocal-authorities-ks06--ethnic-group.xls&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+of+Canterbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:36-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:36_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls">"2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales"</a>. <i>webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk&rft.atitle=2011+Census%3A+Ethnic+Group%2C+local+authorities+in+England+and+Wales&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwebarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fukgwa%2F20160105160709%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fons%2Frel%2Fcensus%2F2011-census%2Fkey-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales%2Frft-table-ks201ew.xls&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACity+of+Canterbury" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Council_twinning-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Council_twinning_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Council_twinning_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120721071647/http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/buildpage.php?id=1133">"Twinning contacts"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/buildpage.php?id=1133">the original</a> on 21 July 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Bishopsbourne">Bishopsbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blean" title="Blean">Blean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyden_Gate" title="Boyden Gate">Boyden Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramling" title="Bramling">Bramling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge,_Kent" title="Bridge, Kent">Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broad_Oak,_Kent" title="Broad Oak, Kent">Broad Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Herne_Bay" title="Broomfield, Herne Bay">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chartham" title="Chartham">Chartham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chestfield" title="Chestfield">Chestfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chislet" title="Chislet">Chislet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddington,_Kent" title="Eddington, Kent">Eddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fordwich" title="Fordwich">Fordwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grays,_Kent" title="Grays, Kent">Grays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hackington" title="Hackington">Hackington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbledown" title="Harbledown">Harbledown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Corner" title="Hawthorn Corner">Hawthorn Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herne,_Kent" title="Herne, Kent">Herne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herne_Bay" title="Herne Bay">Herne Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hersden" title="Hersden">Hersden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillborough" title="Hillborough">Hillborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoath" title="Hoath">Hoath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ickham" class="mw-redirect" title="Ickham">Ickham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Kent" title="Kingston, Kent">Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlebourne" title="Littlebourne">Littlebourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Hardres" title="Lower Hardres">Lower Hardres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshside,_Kent" title="Marshside, Kent">Marshside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nackington" title="Nackington">Nackington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrixbourne" title="Patrixbourne">Patrixbourne</a></li> <li><a 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title="Upstreet">Upstreet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waltham,_Kent" title="Waltham, Kent">Waltham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westbere" title="Westbere">Westbere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitstable" title="Whitstable">Whitstable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickhambreaux" title="Wickhambreaux">Wickhambreaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wincheap" title="Wincheap">Wincheap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Womenswold" title="Womenswold">Womenswold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolage_Green" title="Woolage Green">Woolage Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolage_Village" title="Woolage Village">Woolage Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkletts" title="Yorkletts">Yorkletts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li>The city of <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Kent" title="List of places in Kent">List of places in Kent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashford,_Kent" title="Ashford, Kent">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadstairs" title="Broadstairs">Broadstairs</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Kent" title="Chatham, Kent">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbrook,_Kent" title="Cranbrook, Kent">Cranbrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dartford" title="Dartford">Dartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deal,_Kent" title="Deal, Kent">Deal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edenbridge,_Kent" title="Edenbridge, Kent">Edenbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faversham" title="Faversham">Faversham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folkestone" title="Folkestone">Folkestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fordwich" title="Fordwich">Fordwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillingham,_Kent" title="Gillingham, Kent">Gillingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravesend" title="Gravesend">Gravesend</a></li> <li><a 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title="Royal Tunbridge Wells">Royal Tunbridge Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandwich,_Kent" title="Sandwich, Kent">Sandwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks" title="Sevenoaks">Sevenoaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheerness" title="Sheerness">Sheerness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sittingbourne" title="Sittingbourne">Sittingbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snodland" title="Snodland">Snodland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southborough,_Kent" title="Southborough, Kent">Southborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strood" title="Strood">Strood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swanley" title="Swanley">Swanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenterden" title="Tenterden">Tenterden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonbridge" title="Tonbridge">Tonbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walmer" title="Walmer">Walmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Malling" title="West Malling">West Malling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerham" title="Westerham">Westerham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westgate-on-Sea" title="Westgate-on-Sea">Westgate-on-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitstable" title="Whitstable">Whitstable</a><br /><i>See also:</i> <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Kent" title="List of civil parishes in Kent">List of civil parishes in Kent</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i>See:</i> <a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_Kent" title="Rivers of Kent">Rivers of Kent</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kent" title="Flag of Kent">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent">Parliamentary 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