How many listed buildings are in Canterbury? 1,882 listed buildings
Canterbury has 1,882 listed buildings, 62 of them Grade I, and 98 conservation areas. About 26.3% of homes are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
- Grade I
- 62
- Grade II*
- 80
- Grade II
- 1,740
- Per 1,000 homes
- 29.5
- More listed buildings per home than
- 67% of areas
- Conservation areas
- 98
Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are counted where their map point falls; one list entry can cover a terrace or group. Per 1,000 homes uses Census 2021 households. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we calculate this
All house prices in CanterburyIs a home in Canterbury likely to be in a conservation area?
A bit more likely than in most places: about 26.3% of homes in Canterbury are in a conservation area, compared with 10.7% across Kent and 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
| Area | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| CanterburyThis area | 26.3% |
| Kent | 10.7% |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 2.4% |
In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.
What does it mean if a home is listed?
A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.
This page shows how common listed buildings are in Canterbury. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
What are the Grade I listed buildings in Canterbury?
Canterbury has 62 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade. These are 50 of them, in alphabetical order.
Each name links to its official list entry.
Which conservation areas are in Canterbury?
Canterbury has 98 conservation areas. HERNE BAY has the most homes, about 3,604, and was designated in 1970.
| Conservation area | Designated | Homes inside |
|---|---|---|
| HERNE BAY | 1970 | 3,604 |
| CANTERBURY CITY (Canterbury Conservation Area) Reg 4.12.96 | 1996 | 3,215 |
| WHITSTABLE TOWN | 1969 | 1,428 |
| Plan Area of Bridge NP | — | 675 |
| CANTERBURY ( WEST STATION ) (Canterbury Conservation Area) Registered 04.12.1996 | 1996 | 525 |
| NUNNERY FIELDS (Canterbury Conservation Area) registered 12.11.1998 | 1998 | 519 |
| OLD DOVER ROAD, OATEN HILL AND ST. LAWRENCE. Canterbury Cons Area. reg 12/11/1998 | 1998 | 510 |
| MARTYRS FIELD (Canterbury Conservation Area) Reg 12.11.98 | 1998 | 482 |
| The Chestfield Conservation Area reg 11.10.1989 | 1983 | 408 |
| The Herne Conservation Area | 1990 | 386 |
| BRIDGE | 1995 | 303 |
| The Chartham Conservation Area Registered 25.09.1992 | — | 277 |
| SOUTH WHITSTABLE | 1991 | 244 |
| ICKHAM-WICKHAMBREAUX-SEATON | 1969 | 240 |
| NEW DOVER ROAD AND ST. AUGUSTINE'S ROAD Conservation Area registered 12.11.1998 | 1998 | 237 |
| STURRY | 1997 | 223 |
| the Tyler Hill Conservation Area. Registered 27.03.1995 | 1995 | 223 |
| The Eddington, Herne Bay, Conservation Area reg 17.08.1989 | 1989 | 219 |
| LITTLEBOURNE | — | 197 |
| TANKERTON | 1994 | 187 |
| CANTERBURY ( WHITSTABLE ROAD ) Registered 04.12.1996 | 1996 | 160 |
| HARBLEDOWN | 1974 | 158 |
| BARHAM | 1991 | 142 |
| ADISHAM registered 29.03.1995 | 1995 | 135 |
| CANTERBURY ( LONDON ROAD ) | 1996 | 126 |
| The PETHAM Conservation Area | 1994 | 115 |
| UPPER HARBLEDOWN | 1994 | 109 |
| BARHAM - DERRINGSTONE The Derringstone Conservation Area | 1991 | 105 |
| FORD, MAYPOLE AND OLDTREE ( HOATH ) | 1993 | 101 |
| The Kingston Conservation Area. registered 28.03.1995 | 1995 | 100 |
| FORDWICH | 1997 | 89 |
| BOURNE PARK ( BISHOPSBOURNE/ BRIDGE ) | 1994 | 88 |
| HOATH, RUSHBOURNE AND TILE LODGE | 1995 | 87 |
| CANTERBURY ( ST MARTIN'S ) | 1996 | 79 |
| GARLINGE GREEN, KENFIELD AND SWARLING ( PETHAM ) | 1994 | 78 |
| LOWER HARDRES AND STREET END | 1995 | 77 |
| The Bossingham (Upper Hardres) Conservation Area Reg 13.12.1995 | 1995 | 75 |
| BROOMFIELD - Reg: 05/01/1998 | — | 62 |
| ETHELBERT ROAD | 1998 | 61 |
| The CANTERBURY ( ALMA, CLYDE AND NOTLEY STREET ) Conservation Area Reg 04.12.1996 | 1996 | 61 |
| BLEAN | 1994 | 60 |
| WESTBERE NO.2 | 1973 | 55 |
| BOYDEN GATE, CHISLET | 1981 | 51 |
| CANTERBURY ST STEPHEN'S NO.2 (Canterbury Conservation Area) registered 18.11.1974 | 1974 | 42 |
| BISHOPSBOURNE | 1994 | 39 |
| PATRIXBOURNE | 1994 | 38 |
| WOOLAGE GREEN ( WOMENSWOLD ) | 1995 | 36 |
| The Bramling (Ickham) Conservation Area reg 05.02.1996 | 1996 | 33 |
| WALTHAM | 1995 | 33 |
| The Bekesbourne Conservation Area | 1994 | 32 |
Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area. Showing the 50 with the most homes.
Are there scheduled monuments in Canterbury?
Yes, Canterbury has 56 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change. These are 50 of them.
- A deserted medieval manorial settlement and associated earthworks in Iffin Wood
- A pair of bowl barrows in Clowes Wood
- Abbot's Mill and sluice at Blackfriars Street
- Anglo-Saxon barrow field and prehistoric linear earthwork on Barham Downs
- Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hanging Hill, Bridge, immediately south west of Watling Street
- Archbishop's Palace, Bekesbourne
- Barrow field on Breach Down, Derringstone
- Bigberry camp
- Blackfriars
- Bowl Barrow 350M E.S.E. of Capel farm in Mounts Wood
- Bowl barrow 350m south west of Upper Digges Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m north-east of Buckholt Farm in Mounts Wood
- Bowl barrow 450m south-east of Thruxted Mill, one of six in Eggringe Wood
- Bowl barrow off Pennypot Lane, one of six in Eggringe Wood
- Bowl barrow situated in the northern part of Iffin Wood, 120m east of New House Lane
- Bowl barrow situated in the southern part of Iffin Wood, 100m east of New House Lane
- Bowl barrow south east of Rectory Lane
- Bowl barrow, the easternmost of six in Eggringe Wood
- Bowl barrow, the northernmost of six in Eggringe Wood
- Bowl barrow, the westernmost of six in Eggringe Wood
- Canterbury Castle
- Canterbury city walls
- Christchurch Priory and Archbishop's Palace
- City wall (site) and ditch on Rheims Way
- City wall and bastion in Westgate Gardens
- Conduit House, NE of Victoria married quarters, Military Road
- Dane John Mound and Roman and medieval remains in Dane John Garden
- Dispersed medieval settlement remains and a Roman building immediately south west of St Cosmus and St Damian's Church
- Dovecote at Burnt House Farm
- Enclosure and ring ditch W of Newnham Farm
- Enclosures W of Woodlands
- Gateway to Brook Farm, Hillborough
- Greyfriars, Canterbury
- Horton Chapel
- Hospital of St John the Baptist
- Intertidal Wreck at Tankerton Beach
- Medieval saltern 1.05km north east of Monkshill Farm, one of a group of six on Seasalter Level
- Medieval saltern 1.15km north east of Monkshill Farm, one of a group of six on Seasalter Level
- Medieval saltern 950m north east of Monkshill Farm, one of a group of six on Seasalter Level
- Medieval wall of Black Prince's Chantry
- Part of the Tyler Hill medieval pottery and tile industry
- Reculver Saxon Shore fort, Anglo-Saxon monastery and associated remains
- Roman cist burials in Gorsley Wood
- Roman remains on Marlowe car park
- Roman site, Butchery Lane
- Rubury Butts bowl barrows
- Site of St Radigund's Hospice
- Site of church and graveyard of St Mary de Castro
- St Augustine's Abbey
- St Augustine's monastic conduit house, King's Park
Which part of Canterbury has the most listed buildings?
Barham has the most listed buildings of the 27 areas of Canterbury, with 68.
| Area | Listed buildings | Per 1,000 homes | Homes in a conservation area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barham | 68 | 129.5 | 53.7% |
| Littlebourne | 60 | 91.2 | 33.1% |
| Chartham | 57 | 30.4 | 16.4% |
| Wickhambreaux | 49 | — | 74.3% |
| Ickham and Well | 46 | — | 93.8% |
| Bridge | 44 | 65.2 | 100.0% |
| Petham | 43 | — | 69.2% |
| Sturry | 43 | 18.6 | 8.5% |
| Herne and Broomfield | 42 | 12.0 | 13.0% |
| Chislet | 39 | — | 48.8% |
| Bekesbourne-with-Patrixbourne | 37 | — | 30.9% |
| Harbledown and Rough Common | 33 | 38.9 | 31.8% |
| Fordwich | 29 | — | 68.7% |
| Bishopsbourne | 27 | — | 68.4% |
| Hoath | 26 | — | 81.7% |
| Upper Hardres | 24 | — | 58.8% |
| Waltham | 22 | — | 33.7% |
| Lower Hardres and Nackington | 22 | — | 40.2% |
| Westbere | 16 | — | 68.6% |
| Kingston | 16 | — | 53.9% |
| Womenswold | 16 | — | 42.8% |
| Adisham | 14 | — | 63.7% |
| Blean | 14 | 20.4 | 12.7% |
| Chestfield | 9 | 6.8 | 31.0% |
| Thanington | 8 | 7.5 | 0.0% |
| Hackington | 6 | — | 95.1% |
| Hersden | 3 | 3.9 | 0.0% |
A dash means the area is too small for a fair rate, or its council has not published conservation area boundaries.
What else do people ask about Canterbury?
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Canterbury.
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Where does this data come from?
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.
Last updated 11 November 2026 at 01:17 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Canterbury dataset covers 6,072 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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