Westgate, Canterbury

Westgate
West Gate Towers Museum
Part of Canterbury city wall
St Peter's Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2BQ
Westgate
TypeGatehouse
Height60 feet (18 m)
Site information
OwnerCanterbury City Council
ConditionWell-preserved
Site history
Built1380 (1380)
Built byArchbishop Simon Sudbury
In use1380−present
MaterialsKentish ragstone

The Westgate is a medieval gatehouse in Canterbury, Kent, England. This 60-foot (18 m) high western gate of the city wall is the largest surviving city gate in England. Built of Kentish ragstone around 1379, it is the last survivor of Canterbury's seven medieval gates, still well-preserved and one of the city's most distinctive landmarks. The road still passes between its drum towers. This scheduled monument and Grade I listed building houses the West Gate Towers Museum as well as a series of historically themed escape rooms.