Located on the University of Kent campus, the Gulbenkian Theatre is a 340-seat theater that features student and professional productions of both musicals and comedies. The Herne Bay Little Theatre, located in Herne Bay, is a 72-seat theater where one can watch plays done by professional and youth performers.
Featured in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," the Canterbury Cathedral was used as far back as 597 A.D. by St. Augustine and was the spot where Archbishop Thomas Becket was killed in 1170.
The Canterbury Roman Museum is located in an underground area where Romans lived in Canterbury after they invaded the city in 55 B.C., and it features a Roman marketplace, the inside of a home and a gallery with Roman artwork and artifacts.
Ghost tours of Canterbury's Old Town take people through haunted sites such as the Canterbury Cathedral, Tiny Tim's Tearoom, the Canterbury East Station and Dane John Gardens.
Whitstable is a seaside town near Canterbury that features Starvation Point, an area at the harbor where, in the past, sailors went to look for work, and the Tankerton Slopes, which are cliff-side lawns that overlook the sea. On Herne Bay's three main beaches, people can go Jet Skiing, take boat rides and swim.
