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Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games
Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay Route

Day 18 - Canterbury

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Baton Route

Canterbury will be celebrating the arrival of the Baton on Sunday, 23 June 2002.

BBC Kent have more details about their local runners and celebrations. Click here.

Return to the Full Route Details here.

Did you know...

Canterbury was the site of the Roman town Durovernum Cantiacorum.

In the 6th century the town, now known as Cantwarabyrig, was the capital of Ethelbert, king of Kent.

The foundations of the present cathedral were laid by Lanfranc, the first Norman archbishop (1070–89) but St Augustine first established Christ Church on the site in 603.

Geoffrey Chaucer visited the city and wrote the Canterbury Tales about a group of pilgrims on their way to visit the shrine of Thomas a Becket.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-93), Elizabethan poet and playwright, was born in Canterbury.