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Comical Canterbury - The History Tour that's FUN!!

5.0 (one review) 1 h 30 min Free cancellation
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Comical Canterbury - The History Tour that's FUN!!

About this activity

Think Canterbury is all quiet prayers and pretty stained glass? Think again. Join us for a stroll through 2,000 years of brain-stirring, sewage-sloshing, and pilgrim-scamming. We’ll visit the exact spot an Archbishop had his head sliced like a boiled egg, explore the medieval ‘piss-poor’ industries of the River Stour, and find out why the most popular souvenir in town was a bottle of 'holy' floor-wash. It’s a tour that puts the ‘bury’ in Canterbury!"

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At a glance

Duration
1 h 30 min
Confirmation
Instant confirmation
Ticket
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group
Up to 25 people
People per booking
1–15
Guide
English
Operated by
Terrible Tours

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Children (3–12 years) · Youth (13–17 years) · Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

  • Included: An awesome guide!

Not included

  • Not included: We will be seeing many buildings but not entering (for both cost and time reasons)

Itinerary

  1. St. Thomas of Canterbury Church

    2 min

    Meeting point

  2. The Buttermarket square

    12 min

    Roman beginnings, St Augustine, and Archbishop murders #1 and 2!

  3. Eastbridge Hospital

    15 min

    the invention of tourist tat, and a Hospital you'd leave iller than when you arrived!

  4. Kings Bridge

    15 min

    Witches and ducking stools, and Canterbury's tearaway playwright

  5. Westgate Towers Museum & Viewpoint

    10 min

    Archbishop murder #3!

  6. Stop 6

    15 min

    and those naughtier-than-you-expected Canterbury Tales!

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

  • Meeting point is in gardens by tower of St Thomas Church - 59 Burgate, CT1 2HJ. Your guide will be wearing branded Terrible Tours top or cap

End point

Using your ticket

In garden by St Thomas Tower, 59 Burgate - look for your guide who will be wearing something 'Terrible'

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Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel You get back
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Good to know

  • Wheelchair accessible

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

  • Service animals allowed

  • Public transportation options are available nearby

  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Traveller ratings

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