Canterbury Roman Museum - Canterbury

 Canterbury Roman Museum 

Date September |  Location Canterbury | demolished  No

The Canterbury Roman Museum is a charming hidden gem located in the center of Canterbury. The staff is friendly as well!

The museum is considered a scheduled monument, and inside, you can find the remains of a Roman courtyard house that is listed as Grade I. This courtyard was discovered after bombings in World War II, and the museum opened to the public in 1946.

canterbury cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral

 Date: August | Location: Canterbury  | Demolished: No  

What can I say about this place? Just wow! It is so beautiful and amazing. I can't believe I had never been here before. There is a fee to enter the cathedral, but you pay once and can visit multiple times throughout the year. The place is stunning, though it does get really busy. It reminds me of something out of Hogwarts! The history begins with St. Augustine, who founded the first cathedral in 597 AD to turn Britain into a Christian nation. The cathedral is one of the oldest and most spiritual sites of the Anglican Church. In 1170, a murder occurred involving Archbishop Thomas Becket. Sadly, in late 1067, a fire damaged the cathedral significantly. During World War II, Canterbury was bombed, and the cathedral was a target. Even though it was hit, it survived.

St Martins Church Canterbury

 St Martin Church 

Date: August | Location: Canterbury  |Delmoished: No  

This visit to St. Martin Church was not planned. We were already visiting a heritage site just five minutes down the road when I noticed the church nearby on the map. Since exploring churches is one of our favorite activities, we decided to check it out. When we arrived, the church was busy with visitors. There were two lovely people greeting everyone, and they had organized a little game for children, where they had to find specific items within the church. I must say, it was a great idea as my five-year-old couldn't stop talking about it all the way home. St. Martin Church is said to be the oldest church in England that is still in use within the English-speaking world. The church's architecture is a mix of Roman, Saxon, Norman, and some medieval styles. It was built in the 6th century.

Canterbury Pillbox

  Canterbury Pillbox

                                           Date:  June

                                           Location: Canterbury 

                                           Abandoned or Public : Abandoned

                                           Delmoished:  No 

While heading to another location, we came across this little pillbox, so we thought we would stop and check it out. It was a quick little stop, and since it was very hot out, we didn't stay long. The pillbox was quite small, but it was pretty cool inside.

This pillbox is a Fe3/24 Style Box, classified as a casemate type. It was used during World War II and was said to have been built between 1940 and 1941.

Thruxted Mill - Canterbury

Thruxted Mill - Canterbury 

Date:  September 2022

Location:  Canterbury

Public or Abandoned: Abandoned

Demolished:  No

Let's say - this place gives me horror film vibes and tbh I wish I explored it during the day instead of the night 

I was told by someone about this place and I haven't been exploring in a good while so I asked my dad to have our toddler so we can go check out this location

Some of the buildings gave off horror and some of the rooms were creepy as hell. 

We were on the site for around about 2 hours, wording around and taking photos, 

We avoided any area with this wired oil on the floor and found a different way around the other buildings 

Pigeons flying did scare the crap out of me when they flyings around when I was when we enter a building 

Didn't spend too much time in the building due to the amount of pigeon crap that was laying around 

The bit that amazed me was the massive grinders that they used :O 

So according to the KOL article, this place has been abandoned for way over 15 years, the site was known for processing infected cattle with mad cow disease , In 2018 there were plans to build a 20 home easte on it  but after three years they withdraw the application 

it also said that thruxted mill is 1/4 of sites in the uk that used to dispose of cows with mad cow disease in the 1990s 

it was also said it would possibly cost 1.75m£ to properly disinfect the site to build on.

Now the site sits an eyesore with an uncertain future