St Martins Church

Canterbury

• Canterbury Cathedral
• Howletts Zoo - Aspinall Wild Animal Park
• Kent County Cricket Club - St Lawrence Ground
• Eastbridge Hospital
• Canterbury Tales
• Blean Woods RSPB Reserve
• Canterbury Golf Club
• Lydden Hill Race Circuit
• Marlowe Theatre
• Whitefriars Shopping Centre
• St Martins Church

Welcome to the Eastbridge Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr. It is a hospital in the old sense of the word - a place of hospitality.

Since its foundation in the 12th century the Archbishop of Canterbury has been the patron. In recent years the Master of Eastbridge was also the Parish Priest of the City Centre, this link has now ceased but the Master continues as patron of the local parish of Blean where the hospital still owns a small area of land from its medieval farms.

For 800 years the Eastbridge has given shelter and help to pilgrims, soldiers, local societies and schoolchildren. For over 400 years it has provided a permanent home to a number of elderly people.