Canterbury (disambiguation) explained

Canterbury is a city located in the county of Kent in southeast England. It may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Canterbury, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
  • Electoral district of Canterbury, an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  • City of Canterbury, New South Wales, a local government area of Sydney
• Canterbury, Queensland, a small settlement
• Canterbury, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
  • Canterbury railway station, Melbourne

Canada

• Canterbury, New Brunswick, a community within the village of Lakeland Ridges
• Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
• Canterbury Falls, Ancaster, Ontario
• Urbandale, Ottawa, a neighbourhood in Ottawa sometimes called Canterbury.

New Zealand

• Canterbury Region, a region in the South Island of New Zealand
• Canterbury Province, a former province of New Zealand
• Canterbury Plains
• Canterbury Bight, a stretch of coastline

United Kingdom

• Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
• City of Canterbury, the local government district in Kent
• Province of Canterbury, one of two ecclesiastical provinces which constitute the Church of England
• Diocese of Canterbury, a Church of England diocese
• Oriel Square, formerly Canterbury Square, Oxford

United States

• Canterbury, Connecticut, a town
• Canterbury, Delaware, an unincorporated community
• Canterbury, New Hampshire, a town
• Canterbury, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

• Canterbury, Jamaica, a squatter suburb of Montego Bay
• Canterbury Spur, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
• 3563 Canterbury, an asteroid

Schools

• Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, England
• University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Canterbury College (disambiguation)
• Canterbury High School (disambiguation)
• Canterbury School (disambiguation)
• Canterbury University (Seychelles), an unaccredited institution

Music

• Canterbury scene, a style of progressive rock that originated in Canterbury, England
• Canterbury (album), a 1983 album by Diamond Head
• Canterbury (band), an English alternative rock band

Ships

• Canterbury (ship), the ship which transported William Penn and James Logan from England to Philadelphia in 1699
• HMS Canterbury, several ships of the British Royal Navy
• HMNZS Canterbury (F421), a decommissioned New Zealand Navy frigate
• HMNZS Canterbury (L421), a multi-role vessel in the New Zealand Navy
• , a South Eastern and Chatham Railway ferry

Sports

• Canterbury (women's field hockey team), an amateur team in New Zealand
• Canterbury Golf Club, a golf club in Ohio, US
• Canterbury Open, a darts tournament in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Canterbury Park, a horse racing facility in Minnesota, US
• Canterbury Rugby Football Union, or Canterbury, the governing body for rugby union in a portion of the Canterbury Region of New Zealand
• Canterbury Stakes, an Australian Thoroughbred horse race
• Canterbury United Dragons, a men's football team in the New Zealand Football Championship
• Canterbury United Pride, a football team in the New Zealand National Women's League
• Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, an Australian professional rugby league club that plays in the National Rugby League

People and fictional characters

• Chandler Canterbury (born 1998), American child actor and producer
• Dave Canterbury (born 1963), American survival expert and television personality
• Mark Canterbury (born 1964), known by the ring name Henry O. Godwinn, American professional wrestler
• Ray Canterbury (born 1969), American politician
• Tim Canterbury, a character in the BBC sitcom The Office

Other uses

• Canterbury (furniture), a small piece of furniture made originally to house sheet music
• Canterbury of New Zealand, or just Canterbury, a UK-based sports clothing company
• Canterbury Hospital, Campsie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, Kent, England
• Canterbury Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
• Canterbury Presbyterian Church, Cornwall, New York, US, on the NRHP
• Canterbury Road, North Oxford, England
• HM Prison Canterbury, a former prison in Canterbury, Kent, England
• Viscount Canterbury, an extinct title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Canterbury power station

See also

• • • Project Canterbury, an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism