The Westgate Towers in Canterbury is a Medieval Gateway built during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).
View from St Peter’s Street of the Medieval Gateway.In the 19th century the city walls were removed.
Westgate Towers
Westgate Towers in Canterbury anchors the surviving medieval defences built during the Hundred Years War and later adapted to new civic needs. Side-by-side images trace how the gateway’s setting changed as nineteenth-century demolition removed the surrounding city walls and reshaped St Peter’s Street.
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By Rosie Bond
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