Canterbury is a city located in the county of Kent in southeast England. It may also refer to:

Places

Australia

  • Canterbury, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
  • Electoral district of Canterbury, an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  • City of Canterbury, New South Wales, a local government area of Sydney
  • Canterbury, Queensland, a small settlement
  • Canterbury, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
  • Canterbury railway station, Melbourne

Canada

  • Canterbury, New Brunswick, a community within the village of Lakeland Ridges
  • Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
  • Canterbury Falls, Ancaster, Ontario
  • Urbandale, Ottawa, a neighbourhood in Ottawa sometimes called Canterbury.

New Zealand

  • Canterbury Region, a region in the South Island of New Zealand
  • Canterbury Province, a former province of New Zealand
  • Canterbury Plains
  • Canterbury Bight, a stretch of coastline

England

  • Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
  • City of Canterbury, the local government district in Kent
  • Province of Canterbury, one of two ecclesiastical provinces which constitute the Church of England
  • Diocese of Canterbury, a Church of England diocese
  • Oriel Square, formerly Canterbury Square, Oxford

United States

  • Canterbury, Connecticut, a town
  • Canterbury, Delaware, an unincorporated community
  • Canterbury, New Hampshire, a town
  • Canterbury, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

  • Canterbury, Jamaica, a squatter suburb of Montego Bay
  • Canterbury Spur, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
  • 3563 Canterbury, an asteroid

Schools

  • Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, England
  • University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Canterbury College (disambiguation)
  • Canterbury High School (disambiguation)
  • Canterbury School (disambiguation)
  • Canterbury University (Seychelles), an unaccredited institution

Music

  • Canterbury scene, a style of progressive rock that originated in Canterbury, England
  • Canterbury (album), a 1983 album by Diamond Head
  • Canterbury (band), an English alternative rock band

Ships

  • Canterbury (ship), the ship which transported William Penn and James Logan from England to Philadelphia in 1699
  • HMS Canterbury, several ships of the British Royal Navy
  • HMNZS Canterbury (F421), a decommissioned New Zealand Navy frigate
  • HMNZS Canterbury (L421), a multi-role vessel in the New Zealand Navy
  • , a South Eastern and Chatham Railway ferry

Sports

  • Canterbury (women's field hockey team), an amateur team in New Zealand
  • Canterbury Golf Club, a golf club in Ohio, US
  • Canterbury Open, a darts tournament in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Canterbury Park, a horse racing facility in Minnesota, US
  • Canterbury Rugby Football Union, or Canterbury, the governing body for rugby union in a portion of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand
  • Canterbury Stakes, an Australian Thoroughbred horse race
  • Canterbury United Dragons, a men's football team in the New Zealand Football Championship
  • Canterbury United Pride, a football team in the New Zealand National Women's League
  • Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, an Australian professional rugby league club that plays in the National Rugby League

People and fictional characters

  • Chandler Canterbury (born 1998), American child actor and producer
  • Dave Canterbury (born 1963), American survival expert and television personality
  • Mark Canterbury (born 1964), known by the ring name Henry O. Godwinn, American professional wrestler
  • Ray Canterbury (born 1969), American politician
  • Tim Canterbury, a character in the BBC sitcom The Office

Other uses

  • Canterbury (furniture), a small piece of furniture made originally to house sheet music
  • Canterbury of New Zealand, or just Canterbury, a UK-based sports clothing company
  • Canterbury Hospital, Campsie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent, England
  • Canterbury Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
  • Canterbury Presbyterian Church, Cornwall, New York, US, on the NRHP
  • Canterbury Road, North Oxford, England
  • HM Prison Canterbury, a former prison in Canterbury, Kent, England
  • Viscount Canterbury, an extinct title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
  • Canterbury power station

See also

  • Project Canterbury, an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism