What better way to spend Halloween but in a gothic city like Canterbury! Our arrival in Cantebrury was like none other with lots of free chocolates at the station. This set our moods in high spirits. As everything that we wanted to do was within the town centre, we had plenty of time to stroll around too.
We first headed to the Roman Museum and the history of of Canterbury under the Roman Empire. It was quite good with kid-friendly exhibits and activities. They had some great artefacts too. There's an entrance fee but it wasn't too much! The gift shop was very tiny though. Just by the museum was the Canterbury Cathedral which was breathtaking! They gad some works going on but you can still see most of the cathedral from the outside. We didn't go inside as we weren't too keen about it.
The town centre had some very interesting shops such as the Harry Potter shop, Goth shop, American sweet shop and the Japanese shop.
Next on our stop was the Westgate Towers! The Westgate Towers was previously a prison. It now hosts a restaurant, bar and 3 different escape rooms! We pre-booked one of the escape room (crime and punishment) which was hosted in actual prison cells. You can still see names of prisoners and other interesting engravings on the walls of the prison! Anyway, the escape room was fantastic! It was our first time doing an escape room and it was stressful but exhilarating! We were totally mentally drained by the end of the hour! We couldn't escape the room but we were quite close! I will highly recommend if you are heading to Canterbury. The towers also hosted halloween games which even my 12 year old really enjoyed with lots of treats at the end of each games. You can also go to the top of the Towers to see the view of the city and an amazing view of the Cathedral.
I desperately wanted to see the Abbey Ruin (which was free for us because of our English Heritage membership) but couldn't make it on time before it closed so that will be for another time. We then walked to the old ruins of the Canterbury Castle.We couldn't go inside as it was dangerous but walked around the perimeter of the castle.
As it was getting darker, we pre-booked a chilling punting ride on the local river. The kids found it quite spooky. With spooky tales of Canterbury, dark waters and 1 scary person jumping on us unexpectedly, it was fantastic!
Overall, we had a fabulous time in Canterbury. This is where, according to my youngest, he will settle when he's older!!
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