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Facilities
Property facilities
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Non-smoking rooms
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Room service
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Terrace
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Luggage storage
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Non-smoking throughout
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Shared lounge/TV area
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Outdoor furniture
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Staff adhere to local safety protocols
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Guest rooms disinfected between stays
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Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
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Physical distancing rules followed
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Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
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Cashless payment available
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Fire extinguishers
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First aid kit available
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Sanitized tableware & silverware
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Guests can opt-out any cleaning services during stay
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Smoke alarms
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Shared stationery like menus, pens are removed
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Guest room sealed after cleaning
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Physical distancing in dining areas
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Key access
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Food delivered to guest room
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Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
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Face masks for guests available
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Free wired internet
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Internet access
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Housekeeping on request
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Wine release events
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Japanese garden
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Covered parking
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Secured parking
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Vegetarian menu options available
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Property Description
Historic Charm
Dating back to 1438, the Cathedral Gate is a historic gem in the heart of Canterbury. With its wooden beams and sloping floors, this hotel offers a unique glimpse into the past, once hosting pilgrims on their journey.
Cozy Accommodations
Each room at Cathedral Gate is equipped with modern amenities such as a TV, telephone, and tea/coffee facilities. Guests can enjoy views of Canterbury Cathedral from select rooms and have the option for a shared or en suite bathroom. Start your day with a delicious continental breakfast or upgrade to a full English breakfast for a small fee.
Perfect Location
Located just steps away from the bustling Buttermarket and cathedral precincts, Cathedral Gate is surrounded by high street shops and restaurants. Explore the city easily with Canterbury West and Canterbury East Railway Stations a short 15-minute walk away.
Book your stay at Cathedral Gate now for an unforgettable experience in historic Canterbury!
Cathedral is undergoing refurbishments work at the rear of the hotel. Works may take place from 08:30 to 17:00 Monday to Friday.
Due to the nature of the building, there are quite a lot of stairs.
The hotel is in a central location in the pedestrianized city center, however, guests are welcome to drive to the hotel's front door for unloading prior to parking.
Parking vouchers for the public car park cost GBP 13 for 24-hours parking.
Baby cots are provided upon request only. They are not guaranteed until confirmed by the hotel.
Please note all our rooms are nonsmoking this also includes the use of e-cigarettes.
Property Policies
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Internet
WiFi is available in public areas and is free of charge.
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Pets
Pets are not allowed.
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Children and extra bed policy
Children of any age are allowed.
Children up to and including 2 years old stay for £15 per person per stay when using an available cot.
You haven't added any extra beds.
Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
Supplements are not calculated automatically in the total costs and will have to be paid for separately during your stay. -
Parking
Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is not needed) and costs GBP 13 per day.
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Guest Reviews
This is one of the quirkiest hotels I’ve ever stayed in, with its charmingly uneven floors, narrow hallways, and little stairways that wind up and down throughout the building. It truly feels like stepping back in time. The location is perfect, right beside the old gate, and from our window we had a wonderful view of the cathedral. Our room was lovely, the staff were friendly and very helpful, and the breakfast was thoroughly enjoyable.
The property was spotlessly clean and close to where we needed to be.
The slippery metal steps outside - could do with some non slip paint on them as I slipped! 🤣
Location and the discount for the car park when u stay there .
Quirky.
Our room was clean and bed very comfortable however the heating never went off throughout the night and found out that the thermostat couldn’t be turned down so had to sleep with window open which was noisy outside, shower head was blocked and leaking, tv was pretty bad .
No one to speak to in the morning as they were busy doing breakfast.
Wouldn’t stay again .
Een prachtig oud pand, heel vriendelijk personeel. Er was ook heel de nacht iemand aanwezig. Prachtig uitzicht en een goed ontbijt!
Historic building with quirky sloping floors, small rooms and steep, narrow staircases. Staff service top rate. Excellent choice and quality at breakfast. Outdoor roof terrace with cathedral view.
Bannisters need safety attention. Windows and blinds need renovation. Sinks in rooms need splashback.
Breakfast was excellent
Perfekte Lage!
Tolle Lage direkt neben der Kathedrale in einem alten Pilgerhaus von 1438, liebevoll renoviert und eingerichtet. Sehr nettes und hilfsbereites Personal. Sehr gutes Frühstück mit frischem Obstsalat, Croissants, Toasts mit Marmelade, Joghurt, Müsli usw. (allerdings ohne Käse und Wurst). Nicht weit zu den Bahnhöfen Canterbury-East und -West.
Ein etwas zu dickes und festes Kopfkissen
Excellent location. Friendly and helpful staff.
The hotel is very olde worldy with fabulous staff. The location in central Canterbury is ideal with everything you might want to visit being easily accessible. Breakfast is served either in your room or in one of two small dining rooms. The continental breakfast that comes as standard with your booking is fine or you can upgrade at an additional cost to a full English breakfast. The building itself is rather "wonky" which is charming and given the age of the building, probably to be expected. If traveling to Canterbury by car, don't forget to buy discounted parking via the hotel. The hotel has many more rooms than it appears to from it's facade and includes a lounge area, outdoor patio area and licensed bar. Our room, although not large, was clean and comfortable as was the en suite. Loved the super white, fluffy towels! The addition of a fierce free standing fan was very much appreciated during the current heat wave. Staff were friendly and very helpful.
We initially drove right past the hotel as part of the hotel and Cathedral gate has scafolding on it at the moment. Directions were not as good as they could have been and we would have appreciated an explaination of how the drop down bollards work and that if driving to drop off luggage, there is a need to go through them.
It was clean and quiet and the room was a good size
I asked for a Cathedral view and while technically true it wasn’t exactly a good view
Nice hotel facing the square. I did one night on a Thursday and it was quiet.
There are many nice touches: the staff is all great, they offer earplugs if you need, I had a room with the share bathroom with another room but it was not a problem as we were just 2 people and you have a sink in the bedroom. All perfect.
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