Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Church of England, the end of the nation’s most famous pilgrimage route, and a place where 1400 years of history can be seen.
Pilgrimage was the medieval Grand Tour. When Chaucer’s band of pilgrims set out from the Tabard Inn in Southwark, their destination was the shrine of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
Demolished in 1538, the shrine was partly made from pink marble from Italy and there are still pink…
