Why is Canterbury sacred?

Canterbury Cathedral has been a major pilgrimage destination for many centuries and it was the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170 and his subsequent canonisation in 1173 that made Canterbury Cathedral the third most important site of Christian pilgrimage in the world, after Jerusalem and Rome.



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Canterbury has been a European pilgrimage site of major importance for over 800 years since the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170. Today it is one of the most beautiful and historic cities in England.

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For over a thousand years, Canterbury Cathedral has been a place of significant pilgrimage. Whether this was to honour the bravery of St Alphege or to receive the healing water of St Thomas, pilgrims have journeyed to Canterbury along numerous pilgrim paths which crisscross the Weald and Down as they head east.

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A copy of the 1215 Magna Carta survives today in a late thirteenth-century register (CCA-DCc-Register/E (General Cartulary, 1290-1300) now preserved in Canterbury Cathedral Archives.

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For over a thousand years, Canterbury Cathedral has been a place of significant pilgrimage. Whether this was to honour the bravery of St Alphege or to receive the healing water of St Thomas, pilgrims have journeyed to Canterbury along numerous pilgrim paths which crisscross the Weald and Down as they head east.

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Canterbury Cathedral could have been an integral Hogwarts filming location for the globally-adored series, but authorities refused Warner Bros permission to shoot at the historic place of worship. Durham Cathedral was instead used, with the cloisters regularly being spotted on screen.

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He destroyed the relics of Becket, and pilgrims stopped coming. Henry made this cathedral the leading church of his now independent Church of England. And today Canterbury Cathedral, seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, is the mother church of Anglicans worldwide.

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