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Canterbury Castle

grade I listed castle in Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Canterbury Castle

Summary

Canterbury Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canterbury Castle is located in Canterbury[3].
  • Canterbury Castle is located in Canterbury[4].
  • Canterbury Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Canterbury Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Canterbury Castle's Commons category is recorded as Canterbury Castle[7].
  • 1135 marks the founding of Canterbury Castle[8].
  • Canterbury Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as TR1455357430[9].
  • Canterbury Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.2757, 'lon': 1.07462}[10].
  • Canterbury Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[11].
  • Canterbury Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[12].
  • Canterbury Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[13].
  • Canterbury Castle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canterbury Castle'}[14].
  • Canterbury Castle's historic county is recorded as Kent[15].

Body

Geography

Canterbury Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Canterbury[3], a city[16], in United Kingdom[17].

Designation and Status

Canterbury Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6]. Heritage statuses include Grade I listed building[12] and scheduled monument[13].

History and Context

1135 marks the founding of Canterbury Castle[8].

Why It Matters

Canterbury Castle ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.2757, 'lon': 1.07462}
    Inception → +1135-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception → —
    Heritage designation → Grade I listed building, scheduled monument
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32659|batch #32659]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (3): Change P131 qualifier"
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