Editing Canterbury (section)

== Geography ==

=== Climate ===

Canterbury experiences an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfb''), similar to almost all of the United Kingdom. Canterbury enjoys mild temperatures all year round, being between 1.8&nbsp;°C (35.2&nbsp;°F) and 22.8&nbsp;°C (73&nbsp;°F). There is relatively little rainfall throughout the year.

{{Weather box
| location = Canterbury
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 7.6
| Feb high C = 7.8
| Mar high C = 10.7
| Apr high C = 13.4
| May high C = 16.8
| Jun high C = 20.0
| Jul high C = 22.8
| Aug high C = 22.8
| Sep high C = 19.4
| Oct high C = 15.3
| Nov high C = 10.9
| Dec high C = 8.1
| year high C = 14.7
| Jan mean C = 4.3
| Feb mean C = 4.3
| Mar mean C = 6.4
| Apr mean C = 8.2
| May mean C = 11.6
| Jun mean C = 14.3
| Jul mean C = 16.8
| Aug mean C = 16.9
| Sep mean C = 14.3
| Oct mean C = 10.9
| Nov mean C = 7.1
| Dec mean C = 5.3
| year mean C = 10.0
| Jan low C = 2.1
| Feb low C = 1.8
| Mar low C = 3.5
| Apr low C = 4.9
| May low C = 7.7
| Jun low C = 10.5
| Jul low C = 12.9
| Aug low C = 12.8
| Sep low C = 10.8
| Oct low C = 8.0
| Nov low C = 4.8
| Dec low C = 2.5
| year low C = 6.9
| Jan precipitation mm = 62.2
| Feb precipitation mm = 42.2
| Mar precipitation mm = 41.3
| Apr precipitation mm = 42.9
| May precipitation mm = 50.0
| Jun precipitation mm = 39.0
| Jul precipitation mm = 40.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 51.2
| Sep precipitation mm = 61.6
| Oct precipitation mm = 83.2
| Nov precipitation mm = 68.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 63.4
| year precipitation mm = 645.8
| Jan sun = 60.9
| Feb sun = 80.7
| Mar sun = 116.5
| Apr sun = 174.2
| May sun = 206.0
| Jun sun = 206.4
| Jul sun = 221.8
| Aug sun = 214.9
| Sep sun = 155.2
| Oct sun = 125.0
| Nov sun = 73.3
| Dec sun = 48.6
| year sun = 1683.3
| source 1 = <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/u10g8x4vg | title = Canterbury climate | access-date = 29 March 2017 | archive-date = 15 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190415064659/https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/u10g8x4vg | url-status = live }}</ref>
| source 2 = <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Canterbury/statistics.html | title = Weather statistics for Canterbury, England (United Kingdom) | access-date = 29 March 2017 | archive-date = 12 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190112095121/https://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Canterbury/statistics.html | url-status = live }}</ref>
| date = March 2017
}}

=== Demography ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Canterbury compared
|-
! 2001 UK Census !! Canterbury city !! Canterbury district !! England
|-
|Total population || 43,432 || 135,278 || 49,138,831
|-
|Foreign born || 11.6% || 5.1% || 9.2%
|-
|White || 95% || 97% || 91%
|-
|Asian || 1.8% || 1.6% || 4.6%
|-
|Black || 0.7% || 0.5% || 2.3%
|-
|Christian || 68% || 73% || 72%
|-
|Muslim || 1.1% || 0.6% || 3.1%
|-
|Hindu || 0.8% || 0.4% || 1.1%
|-
|No religion || 20% || 17% || 15%
|-
|Unemployed || 3.0% || 2.7% || 3.3%
|}

At the [[2001 UK census]],<ref name="Statistics Barton (Ward)">{{cite web | title=Barton (Ward) | publisher=Statistics.gov.uk | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=Barton&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928639406&enc=1&areaId=5945407&OAAreaId=457094 | access-date=27 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110232826/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=Barton&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928639406&enc=1&areaId=5945407&OAAreaId=457094 | archive-date=10 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Statistics Harbledown (Ward)">{{cite web   | title =Harbledown (Ward)   | publisher =Statistics.gov.uk   | url =http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1211928705328&enc=1&areaSearchText=Harbledown&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=false&searchAreas=Search   | access-date =27 May 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090111030111/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1211928705328&enc=1&areaSearchText=Harbledown&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=false&searchAreas=Search   | archive-date =11 January 2009 | url-status =dead   }}</ref><ref name="Statistics Northgate (Ward)">{{cite web | title=Northgate (Ward) | publisher=Statistics.gov.uk | url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=Northgate&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928715562&enc=1&areaId=5945394&OAAreaId=457324 | access-date=27 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111042428/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=Northgate&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928715562&enc=1&areaId=5945394&OAAreaId=457324 | archive-date=11 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Statistics St Stephens (Ward)">{{cite web | title=St Stephens (Ward) | publisher=Statistics.gov.uk | url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=St+Stephens&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928726968&enc=1&areaId=5945392&OAAreaId=457370 | access-date=27 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111041607/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=St+Stephens&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928726968&enc=1&areaId=5945392&OAAreaId=457370 | archive-date=11 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Statistics Westgate (Ward)">{{cite web | title=Westgate (Ward) | publisher=Statistics.gov.uk | url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=Westgate&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928736203&enc=1&areaId=5945386&OAAreaId=457480 | access-date=27 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111025638/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=Westgate&d=14&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1211928736203&enc=1&areaId=5945386&OAAreaId=457480 | archive-date=11 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Statistics Wincheap (Ward)">{{cite web | title=Wincheap (Ward) | publisher=Statistics.gov.uk | url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&i=1001&m=0&s=1211928689359&enc=1&areaSearchText=Wincheap&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=false&searchAreas=Search | access-date=27 May 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111041601/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&i=1001&m=0&s=1211928689359&enc=1&areaSearchText=Wincheap&areaSearchType=14&extendedList=false&searchAreas=Search | archive-date=11 January 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref> the total population of the city itself was 43,432, and 135,278 within the Canterbury district. In 2011, the total district population was counted as 151,200, with an 11.7% increase from 2001,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/news-release/census-2011-result-shows-increase-in-population-of-the-south-east/censussoutheastnr0712.html |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mro/news-release/census-2011-result-shows-increase-in-population-of-the-south-east/censussoutheastnr0712.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2016 |title=Census 2011 result shows increase in population of the South East|website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date=16 July 2012}}</ref> and the population of the city had grown to over 55,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/canterbury-population/ |title=Canterbury Population 2018 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs) |website=worldpopulationreview.com |access-date=11 July 2018 |archive-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712025243/http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/canterbury-population/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By 2015, Canterbury's [[student]] population, including the [[University of Kent]] and [[Canterbury Christ Church University]], and the smaller [[University for the Creative Arts]], was almost 40,000.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pragnell |first1=Chris |title=Canterbury's student population now 40,000 – double 10 years ago |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/citys-student-population-now-40000-44580/ |website=Kent Online |access-date=16 June 2023 |date=10 October 2015 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616093421/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/citys-student-population-now-40000-44580/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style=" border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|+[[Population growth]] in Canterbury since 1901
|-
! Year
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1901
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1911
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1921
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1931
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1939
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1951
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1961
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 1971
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;" | 2001
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Population
| 24,899
| 24,626
| 23,737
| 24,446
| 26,999
| 27,795
| 30,415
| 33,155
| 43,432
|-
| colspan="19" style="text-align:center;|'''Source: '''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10025722&c_id=10001043&add=N A Vision of Britain through Time]
|}

=== Physical ===
[[File:River Stour in Canterbury, England - May 08.jpg|thumb|The [[River Stour, Kent|River Great Stour]]]]
Canterbury is in east Kent, about {{convert|55|mi|km|0}} east-southeast of London. The coastal towns of [[Herne Bay]] and [[Whitstable]] are {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} to the north, and [[Faversham]] is {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} to the northwest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where is Canterbury |url=https://www.getthedata.com/canterbury/where-is-canterbury |website=Get The Data |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610090908/https://www.getthedata.com/canterbury/where-is-canterbury |url-status=live }}</ref> The city is on the [[River Stour, Kent|River Stour or Great Stour]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Background information on the River Stour |url=https://www.kentishstour.org.uk/major-projects-2/the-stour-catchment/background-river-stour/ |website=kentishstour.org.uk |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727084028/https://www.kentishstour.org.uk/major-projects-2/the-stour-catchment/background-river-stour/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The river is navigable on the tidal section to Fordwich, although above this point canoes and other small craft can be used.<ref>[http://www.canterburyrivertours.co.uk/ Kent & Canterbury Tourist Attraction | Canterbury Historic River Tours] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126234705/http://www.canterburyrivertours.co.uk/ |date=26 January 2010 }}. Canterburyrivertours.co.uk. Retrieved on 25 August 2011.</ref> The geology of the area consists mainly of [[brickearth]] overlying chalk. Tertiary sands overlain by [[London clay]] form St. Thomas's Hill and St. Stephen's Hill about a mile northwest of the city centre.<ref>{{harvnb|Lyle|2002|p=15}}.</ref>
[[File:Canterbury town walls - geograph.org.uk - 1117994.jpg|thumb|left|[[Canterbury city walls]]]]
Canterbury is a [[medieval]] city, with [[Canterbury Cathedral]] inside the ring of the city walls, forming the historic centre. Of the defensive structures, a section of the medieval walls remains to the south, near [[Canterbury Castle]], while to the northwest, the Westgate survives as the [[Westgate towers museum|Westgate Towers museum]]. Immediately outside the Westgate is the [[River Stour, Kent|River Stour]] which crosses the city from southwest to northeast.<ref name="Visit Canterbury">{{cite web |title=Visit Canterbury |url=https://www.canterbury.co.uk/see-and-do/canterbury/ |publisher=Canterbury City Council |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616091918/https://www.canterbury.co.uk/see-and-do/canterbury/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A road runs straight across the city from the Westgate, forming the High Street (including St George's Street) and part of the North Downs Way.<ref>{{cite web |title=Work on transformation of St George's Street in Canterbury high street to start on Monday |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/high-street-to-be-ripped-up-as-1m-transformation-begins-280290/ |website=Kent Online |date=12 January 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616092444/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/high-street-to-be-ripped-up-as-1m-transformation-begins-280290/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[St Augustine's Abbey]] lies just outside the city walls.<ref>{{cite web |title=St Augustine's Abbey |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-augustines-abbey/ |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616002028/https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-augustines-abbey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Political ===

{{further|City of Canterbury}}

[[File:The Guildhall, Canterbury (geograph 3467978).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Canterbury Guildhall]] is housed in the former Holy Cross church building, on the [[River Stour, Kent|River Stour]]. The Westgate is on the left of the image.]]

The city became a [[county borough]] under the [[Local Government Act 1888]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kent County Council |publisher=Science Museum Group |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp16509/kent-county-council |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616095812/https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp16509/kent-county-council |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1974, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], the city came under the control of [[Kent County Council]]. Canterbury, along with Whitstable and Herne Bay, is now in the [[City of Canterbury]] local government district.<ref>{{cite web |last=McDermott |first=Jonathan |title=Canterbury City Council |website=Town Planning Expert |url=https://www.tpexpert.org/knowledge/canterbury-city-council/ |access-date=16 June 2023 |date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616095813/https://www.tpexpert.org/knowledge/canterbury-city-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The city's urban area consists of the six electoral [[Ward (politics)|wards]] of Barton, Blean Forest, Northgate, St Stephens, Westgate, and Wincheap. These wards have eleven of the fifty seats on the [[Canterbury City Council]], which governs the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Bulletin June 2021 Kent Analytics, Kent County Council www.kent.gov.uk/research Ward boundary changes in Kent:2019 |url=https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/7111/Ward-boundary-reference-maps.pdf |publisher=Kent County Council |access-date=16 June 2023 |date=June 2021 |archive-date=5 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205155308/https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/7111/Ward-boundary-reference-maps.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The former Holy Cross Church building was officially re-opened by the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]] as the new [[Canterbury Guildhall]] and meeting place of the City Council on 9 November 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-gazette-canterbury-district/20130214/281840051064296 |title=Remember Prince is Freeman of City |date=14 February 2013 |publisher=[[Kentish Gazette]] |access-date=21 February 2021 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625204517/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-gazette-canterbury-district/20130214/281840051064296 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for the [[Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Canterbury]] constituency, which includes Whitstable, is [[Rosie Duffield]] formerly of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosie Duffield |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4616/contact |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610085217/https://members.parliament.uk/member/4616/contact |url-status=live }}</ref> but now sits as an independent.

=== Economic ===

[[File:Looking down Parade from Longmarket, Canterbury, 2019.jpg|thumb|left|Shops on the High Street]]

Canterbury district retained approximately 4,761&nbsp;businesses, up to 60,000&nbsp;full and [[Part-time job|part-time]] employees and was worth £1.3&nbsp;billion in 2001.<ref name="economic stats">[http://www.culture.gov.uk/CAP/proposals/Canterbury.pdf Proposals to the Casino Advisory Panel] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528121933/http://www.culture.gov.uk/CAP/proposals/Canterbury.pdf |date=28 May 2008 }} Culture.gov.uk. Retrieved on 25 May 2008</ref> This made the district the second largest economy in Kent.<ref name="economic stats" /> Today, the three primary sectors are tourism, higher education and retail.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canterburysociety.org.uk/issues/the-economy/|title=The Economy – The Canterbury Society|website=www.canterburysociety.org.uk|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711224120/https://www.canterburysociety.org.uk/issues/the-economy/|archive-date=11 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2015, the value of tourism to the city of Canterbury was over £450 million; 7.2 million people visited that year, making it one of the most-visited cities in England. A full 9,378 jobs were supported by tourism, an increase of 6% over the previous year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.canterbury.gov.uk/canterburys-450-million-tourism-boost/|title=Canterbury's £450 million tourism boost|website=Canterbury City Council}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.roughguides.com/travel/europe/england/kent-and-sussex/canterbury.aspx |title=Canterbury &#124; The Southeast Guide |publisher=Rough Guides |date=1 June 1942 |access-date=26 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122023406/http://www.roughguides.com/travel/europe/england/kent-and-sussex/canterbury.aspx |archive-date=22 January 2013 }}</ref> The two universities provided an even greater benefit. In 2014/2015, the [[University of Kent]] and [[Canterbury Christ Church University]] were worth £909m to city's economy and accounted for 16% of all jobs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kent.ac.uk/news/kentlife/8679/universities-900m-impact-on-the-canterbury-economy |title=Universities' £900m impact on the Canterbury economy – University of Kent |website=The University of Kent |date=18 February 2016 |access-date=11 July 2018 |archive-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712022939/https://www.kent.ac.uk/news/kentlife/8679/universities-900m-impact-on-the-canterbury-economy |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Canterbury river boat tours for visitors.jpg|thumb|River punts provide tours of the city.]]

Unemployment in the city dropped 0.6 percentage points to 1.7% from 2001 to 2007.<ref name="canterburyunemplyment">[http://www.kent.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FD4125CF-EBAC-41FB-B87D-7FFF4FC54774/0/ep07canterbury.pdf Economic Profile 2007 – Canterbury] Kent County Council. Retrieved on 25 May 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528121939/http://www.kent.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/FD4125CF-EBAC-41FB-B87D-7FFF4FC54774/0/ep07canterbury.pdf |date=28 May 2008 }}</ref> The registered unemployment rate as of September 2011 stood at 5.7%. By May 2018, the rate had dropped to 1.8%; in fact, Kent in general had a moderate unemployment rate of 2%. This data considers only people claiming either [[Jobseekers Allowance]] or [[Universal Credit]] principally for the reason of being unemployed. It does not include those without access to such benefits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/8182/District-unemployment-bulletin.pdf |title=Unemployment in Kent |access-date=11 July 2018 |archive-date=11 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711233632/https://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/8182/District-unemployment-bulletin.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time, the national rate was 4.2%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county-news/unemployment-figures-drop-184480/|title=Unemployment figures drop |newspaper=Kent Online|date=12 June 2018 |access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712010508/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county-news/unemployment-figures-drop-184480/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

A report in 2023 by the Poverty Working Group of the Canterbury [[Sustainable Development Goals]] Forum evidenced increasing [[poverty]] in the city using, for example, [[life expectancy]] figures and the number of meals provided by the city [[food banks]], as well as interviews with organisations and individuals attempting to help those in danger of and in poverty.<ref>Poverty in Canterbury Today by Jan Pahl and Martin Vye with Tim Carlyle, Dawn Ryder and Jane Webb Sustainable Development Goals Forum 2023 https://www.canterburysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JanPahl_A4_ReportOnPovertyInCanterbury-v3.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407081532/https://www.canterburysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JanPahl_A4_ReportOnPovertyInCanterbury-v3.pdf |date=7 April 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Charlotte |date=14 December 2018 |title=Canterbury has highest rates of child poverty in Kent |url=https://thecanterburyhub.co.uk/canterbury-has-highest-rates-of-child-poverty-in-kent/ |access-date=7 April 2023 |website=The Canterbury Hub |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407090223/https://thecanterburyhub.co.uk/canterbury-has-highest-rates-of-child-poverty-in-kent/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This supports earlier findings on poverty in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2019 |title=Poverty-stricken area 'one of worst in country' |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/poverty-stricken-area-one-of-worst-in-country-206623/ |access-date=7 April 2023 |website=Kent Online |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407090221/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/poverty-stricken-area-one-of-worst-in-country-206623/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyden |first=Katie |date=16 May 2019 |title=These are the areas in Kent worst hit by child poverty |url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/areas-kent-highest-number-children-2875594 |access-date=7 April 2023 |website=KentLive |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407091725/https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/areas-kent-highest-number-children-2875594 |url-status=live }}</ref>