- City of Canterbury
-
For the settlement within the City of Canterbury, see Canterbury.For the local government area in Australia, see City of Canterbury (New South Wales).
City of Canterbury — Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City — Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury shown within Kent
Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region South East England Non-metropolitan county Kent Status Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City Admin HQ Canterbury Incorporated 1 April 1974 Government - Type Non-metropolitan district council - Body Canterbury City Council - Leadership Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) - MPs Julian Brazier
Roger GaleArea - Total 119.2 sq mi (308.84 km2) Area rank 137th (of 326) Population (2010 est.) - Total 153,200 - Rank 122nd (of 326) - Density 1,284.8/sq mi (496/km2) - Ethnicity 93.4% White
2.2% S.Asian
1.6% Chinese and other
1.4% Mixed RaceTime zone GMT (UTC0) - Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1) ONS code 29UC OS grid reference TR145575 Website canterbury.gov.uk The City of Canterbury is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. The main settlement in the district is Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Contents
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the existing city of Canterbury with the Whitstable and Herne Bay Urban Districts, and Bridge-Blean Rural District. The latter district entirely surrounded the city; the urban districts occupied the coastal area to the north.
Geography
Within the district are the towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable, which with the parishes and the cathedral city itself, make up the 'City of Canterbury' district. There are 26 parishes within the district, as follows:[1]
- Adisham
- Barham
- Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne
- Bishopsbourne
- Blean
- Bridge
- Chartham
- Chestfield
- Chislet
- Fordwich: has town status
- Hackington
- Harbledown and Rough Common
- Herne and Broomfield
- Hoath
- Ickham
- Kingston
- Littlebourne
- Lower Hardres
- Petham
- Sturry
- Thanington Without
- Upper Hardres
- Waltham
- Westbere
- Wickhambreaux
- Womenswold
Swalecliffe is an unparished area within the district.
The area is in the main rural, although the entire coastal strip is taken up by the almost unbroken sprawl of seaside towns from Seasalter, west of Whitstable, to Herne Bay, Kent. Between them and the city there is high land, well wooded, south of which the Great Stour flows from its source beyond Ashford. The city of Canterbury stands upon this river.Twin towns
The district participates in the Sister Cities programme, with links[2] to:
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, USA
Vladimir, Russia
Several towns and villages within the City of Canterbury district have their own twinning arrangements;[2] see in particular Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay.
References
- ^ "Parish Councils". Canterbury City Council. 2008. http://www2.canterbury.gov.uk/committee/mgListCommittees.aspx?PC=1&bcr=1. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ a b http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/buildpage.php?id=1133 Canterbury City Council - Twinning contacts. Retrieved on 14 October 2009
External links
- Canterbury City Council
- Population breakdown
- City of Canterbury councillors listed by ward, as of 2010
Towns and villages in the Canterbury district of Kent, England 
Adisham • Barham • Bekesbourne • Beltinge • Bishopsbourne • Blean • Boyden Gate • Bramling • Bridge • Broad Oak • Broomfield • Chartham • Chartham Hatch • Chestfield • Chislet • Eddington • Fordwich • Grays • Hackington • Harbledown • Hawthorn • Herne • Herne Bay • Hersden • Hillborough • Hoath • Ickham • Kingston • Littlebourne • Lower Hardres • Marshside • Nackington • Patrixbourne • Petham • Pett Bottom • Reculver • Rough Common • Stuppington • Sturry • Swalecliffe • Tankerton • Thanington Without • Tyler Hill • Upper Harbledown • Upper Hardres • Upstreet • Waltham • Westbere • Whitstable • Wickhambreaux • Wincheap • Womenswold • Woolage Green • Woolage Village • YorklettsThe city of Canterbury • List of places in Kent 
Districts of South East EnglandBerkshire 
Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale • Chiltern • Milton Keynes • South Bucks • Wycombe
East Sussex Brighton and Hove • Eastbourne • Hastings • Lewes • Rother • Wealden
Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane • East Hampshire • Eastleigh • Fareham • Gosport • Hart • Havant • New Forest • Portsmouth • Rushmoor • Southampton • Test Valley • Winchester
Isle of Wight Kent Oxfordshire Surrey Elmbridge • Epsom and Ewell • Guildford • Mole Valley • Reigate and Banstead • Runnymede • Spelthorne • Surrey Heath • Tandridge • Waverley • Woking
West Sussex Adur • Arun • Chichester • Crawley • Horsham • Mid Sussex • Worthing
Cities of the United Kingdom England Bath · Birmingham · Bradford · Brighton and Hove · Bristol · Cambridge · Canterbury · Carlisle · Chester · Chichester · Coventry · Derby · Durham · Ely · Exeter · Gloucester · Hereford · Kingston upon Hull · Lancaster · Leeds · Leicester · Lichfield · Lincoln · Liverpool · London · Manchester · Newcastle upon Tyne · Norwich · Nottingham · Oxford · Peterborough · Plymouth · Portsmouth · Preston · Ripon · St Albans · Salford · Salisbury · Sheffield · Southampton · Stoke-on-Trent · Sunderland · Truro · Wakefield · Wells · Westminster · Winchester · Wolverhampton · Worcester · York
Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Categories:- Local government in Kent
- Canterbury
- Cities in South East England
- Non-metropolitan districts of Kent
- Local government districts of South East England
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
