Arts & Entertainment Venues

Royal Cinema
9 Market Place, Faversham, ME13 7AG - 01795 591211
http://royalcinema.co.uk/faversham/now/

Odeon Cinema
43 - 45 St Georges Place, Canterbury, CT1 1UP - 0333 014 4501
https://beta.odeon.co.uk/cinemas/canterbury/

Fleur De Lis Heritage Center

A museum in Faversham. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, medicine, maritime, archeology, natural sciences, costume and textiles, archives, science and technology, weapons and war and social history.

Visitors can follow the growth in trade and commerce after the Norman Conquest which made Faversham a bustling and prosperous Elizabethan town with trade links to London and to Northern Europe. Signs of this prosperity can be seen in the large number of well built timber-framed buildings from that period that still exist in the town today, as well as in the surrounding villages.

The Museum shows information and related artefacts and images on all Faversham's major industries as well as the farming of the surrounding land:

Local hop growing supplied breweries in Faversham including Shepherd Neame - which still operates as the oldest independent brewery in the UK - whilst also supporting coopering. Fruit growing has also been a mainstay of the local economy.

Alder and Willows on surrounding marshland produced excellent charcoal, an important ingredient in explosives which made Faversham one of the most important sites for explosives production from as early as the 16th Century.

Local clay fields generated a prosperous brick making industry, demand for which increased dramatically in the Industrial Revolution whilst the arrival of trains improved transport for delivery of finished products.

Essential to all the trades, Faversham Creek and its maintenance allowed local shipbuilding to prosper in the production of the eye-catching Thames Barges with their characteristic red sails and, in the 20th Century, the building of a wide range of motor vessels and warships at the Pollock Shipyard.

OPENING TIMES
Friday & Saturday - 10am to 4pm
Sunday - 10am to 1pm

Address: 13 Preston Street Faversham Kent ME13 8NS Contact Tele No: 01795 534542

Canterbury Roman Museum
A museum in Canterbury, the museum features exhibits related to Archeology.

Address: Butchery Lane Canterbury Kent CT1 2JR Contact No: 01227 785575
Opening Hours
Monday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday10: 00am - 5:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am - 5 : 00 pm
Friday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Canterbury Heritage Museum

Canterbury Heritage Museum features exhibits related to Film and Media, Toys and Hobbies, Social History, Archaeology, Literature, Land Transport, Weapons and War, Religion, Costume and Textiles and Personalities. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include Medieval Canterbury Discovery Gallery, Christopher Marlowe whodunnit display, Rupert Bear Museum / Mary Tourtel, Bagpuss and Clangers display, Wartime Blitz experience and Joseph Conrad Gallery.

Opening hours
Saturday 14th February - Sunday 22nd February: Open daily 11-5pm
Wednesday 25th March - Sunday 27th September: Open Wednesday - Sunday only 11-5pm
Saturday 19th December - Sunday 3rd January: Open Daily 11am - 5pm

Address: Stour Street Canterbury Kent CT1 2NR Contact Tele No: 01227 475202

These 2 images on the left and right show some of the historical buildings in the center of Faversham

The next 4 images are all of Historical Buildings in and around Canterbury which can be visited

Mount Ephraim Country House & Gardens is a privately-owned family home comprising of over 800 acres of woodland, pasture and a fruit farm. At the heart of the estate lies the main house and gardens with stunning views over the surrounding countryside. In the ten acres of enchanting Edwardian gardens, terraces of fragrant roses lead to a small lake and woodland area overlooking orchards. A wide collection of spring bulbs and many beautiful mature trees are other highlights. Whether you want to picnic by the lake, explore the arboretum, or stroll through the rose gardens, there is something for everyone and no two visits are the same.

The estate has been owned by the Dawes family since 1695 and is still run by members of the family today. It's this family touch that lends Mount Ephraim Gardens their personal charm. First laid out in the early 1900s by Willie and Jeanie Dawes, the gardens suffered through wartime neglect and damage from use by the army. However, in the early 1950s Mary and Bill Dawes poured their hearts and souls into restoring them with Mary involved heavily in the day-to-day running until her death in 2009 at the dignified age of 93.

Today, the gardens continue to be cared for by two full time gardeners and some occasional part time and volunteer help under the instruction of Mary's son Sandys and his wife Lesley. Although not trained gardeners or horticulturalists, Sandys and Lesley have a great love for the gardens and the willingness and energy to take forward the legacy that Mary has left behind.

Opening Hours

Wednesdays to Sundays 11 00am to 5:00 pm April to September
Wednesdays to Sundays October 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Address: Mount Ephraim Gardens, Staple St, Faversham ME13 9TX Contact Tele No: 01227 751496