Westgate Towers Museum & Viewpoint

compact and informative space, is there a small local history book about the characters who were invited to stay a while i wonder?
the building has adapted itself well over the years and remains relevant to Canterbury's long history.
plus we still lock people up!
seriously though, a nice compact (vertical) place of history- hard to imagine anyone jumping from here, i read about 2 chaps who did, desperate!
as it's opposite to some lovely gardens you shpuld give it a go, good knees required for scaling those stairs

Absolutely beautiful with a very interesting museum. The tour guide was very nice and well informed on all of the exhibitions.

Great view from the top of the tower. The museum part is also very interesting with lots of good detailed facts and information all around, would recommend a visit!

Forget the escape room and go straight to the tower museum! It is very interesting and in a small place you can cover almost 800 years of history.

After the visit we have the possibility to chat with the guardian about the tower and its use during the WWII!! It was very interesting!

Great little place to visit. Lots to read about the history of the tower.

Canterbury is one of the most iconic cities in the UK.
The architectural value of the proudly standing towers and castles in the city is invaluable.
In addition it provides the lovely lively Christmas vibe every December

Context: Dropped in when passing (on a 2-day trip to the city in Aug-2021) and didn't read any up front information.

Notes: Small museum above one of the old gates in and out of Canterbury. Partly free to access and partly accessed with a small fee (4 GBP) which allows visitors onto the roof and down to the lower level. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic curator/guide/host working there when we attended.

Conclusion: Interesting use of 30 minutes.

An interesting insight into the history of the medieval gateway, said to be the finest in Europe. Great views over the historical city of Canterbury.