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High Street St. Gregorys, CANTERBURY, CT1 1BF

Is this the shortest and/or narrowest High Street in the country? It is only 70m long and barely one vehicle wide at the western end where it meets Northgate. This photo is from the opposite end where it meets Victoria Row.

Number 89 Northgate, seen here, and numbers 86, 87 and 88 Northgate Image occupy a range of 17th century buildings refronted in, probably, the early 19th century. Timber framed, stuccoed, all under hipped slate roofs. Note the unusual corner window. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241114 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

Numbers 90 and 91 Northgate were built in the 18th century in red brick. At one time a public house. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241115 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

Numbers 86, 87 and 88 Northgate, seen here, and number 89 Northgate Image occupy a range of 17th century buildings refronted in, probably, the early 19th century. Timber framed, stuccoed, all under hipped slate roofs. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241114 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

A view looking north from the junction with High Street.

Number 85 Northgate is an 18th century building of red brick with an early 19th century shopfront. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1260668 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

Number 84 Northgate was built in the 18th century. Constructed of painted brick under an old tile roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241113 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.

Number 58 Northgate and number 11 St John's Place were built in the early 19th century of painted brick. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1241062 Canterbury is a small historic city on the River Stour in Kent, some 54 miles southeast of London. Occupied since prehistoric times, it became an important Roman city. In 672, the see of Canterbury gained authority over the entire English Church. After the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket at the cathedral in 1170, pilgrims from all parts of Christendom came to visit his shrine until the Dissolution. Today, Canterbury is a popular tourist destination and one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom. The city has a substantial student population, with four university campuses.