Gardens · South East England
Memorial to Christopher Marlowe
Memorial to Christopher Marlowe — a garden in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Gary Rogers — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Memorial to Christopher Marlowe is a garden of interest in england-south-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Marlowe Memorial is a statue and four statuettes erected in memory of the playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe in 1891 in Canterbury, England. The memorial was commissioned by a Marlowe Memorial Committee, and comprises a bronze statue, The Muse of Poetry sculpted by Edward Onslow Ford, standing on a plinth decorated with statuettes of actors playing Marlowe roles. The statue is now situated outside the city's Marlowe Theatre.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.2756, 1.0783
- County
- Kent
- District
- Canterbury
- Parish
- Canterbury, unparished area
- Postcode
- CT1 2QS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Canterbury
- Established
- 1891
- Official site
- canterburymuseums.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26370483 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Marlowe Memorial (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Memorial to Christopher Marlowe?
- Memorial to Christopher Marlowe is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CT1 2QS), in the parish of Canterbury, unparished area.
- When was Memorial to Christopher Marlowe built?
- Built or established in 1891.
- How do I get to Memorial to Christopher Marlowe?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CT1 2QS. It sits within the Canterbury parliamentary constituency.