Several Canterbury Hotels are within easy walking distance of the Cathedral. The short walk from the Ebury Hotel to Canterbury Cathedral passes excellent Restaurants, Shopping and Tourist attractions. Canterbury Cathedral's history goes back to 597AD when St Augustine, sent by Pope Gregory the Great as a missionary, established his seat (or 'Cathedra') in Canterbury. In 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in the Cathedral and ever since, the Cathedral has attracted thousands of pilgrims every year, as told famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Include a Visit to the Canterbury Tales Visitor Centre