Explore Canterbury at your own pace

A single sword strike in Canterbury once shook a kingdom to its core. Behind these ancient stone walls, power struggles and secret societies lurk just out of sight.

Venture on a self-guided audio tour through the winding lanes and storied halls of Canterbury. Unlock tales and locations most wanderers overlook, peeling back layers of intrigue in every step.

Which scandal forced archbishops to whisper in the shadows beneath Canterbury Cathedral's soaring towers? What mysterious object vanished from the Heritage Museum without a trace one stormy night? And why did an infamous poet leave cryptic messages carved into a forgotten alley?

Photo: Steven Waller, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 2.6 km (1.6 miles)

Stops: 10 landmarks, including Canterbury Heritage Museum, Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Marlowe Theatre

Audio: up to 25 minutes of narration

Starts at: Canterbury Heritage Museum

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

Canterbury Heritage Museum

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

Marlowe Theatre

Old Synagogue, Canterbury

Reginald Pole

Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Roman Museum

Canterbury

Canterbury Castle

Catching Lives

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Jeffrey Zhang, Steven Waller, Greg Willson (Unsplash).

Description supplied by the event organiser.