| Service | Organisation | Details | Telephone | Email/Web site |
| Citzens' Advice Bureaux | Citizens
Advice Bureau
3 Westgate Hall Road Canterbury CT1 2BT |
Information on a range of subjects including benefits, consumer issues, debt, employment, housing, immigration, legal, matrimonial. | 08701-264062 Office: 01227-452762 |
Web site |
| Blue Badges | KCC. Maidstone | Concessionary parking for the disabled. | 01622-605020 | |
| Child Support Agency | Phone contact only | National enquiry line | 08457-133133 | |
| Consumer advice | Trading Standards | Help line, 10 am to 4 pm, if you think the law may have been broken. For advice on a claim against a trader, go to CAB | 08454 040506 | |
| Dial-a-Ride | Canterbury Kent Karrier | Bespoke bus service for people with a disability or thos in rural areas living more than 500m from a conventional bus route. To join, ring - |
01227-862436 |
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| Education | KCC
Area Office
Clover House John Wilson Industrial Park Whitstable |
Information on primary and secondary schools in the district | 01227-772992 | |
| Electoral Register | Canterbury
City Council
Military Road Canterbury CT1 1YW |
Contact if you are not on the election register or want a postal vote. | 01227 862007 | |
| Gulbenkian Theatre | University of Kent at Canterbury | Web site | ||
| Homeless | Canterbury Open Centre
Palmer's Building 16 Station Road East |
Day centre providing help for homeless people and a night shelter. | 01227 464904 | |
| Housing Advice | Canterbury
Housing Advice Centre
24 Burgate Canterbury |
Advice on all housing related matters from an independent voluntary organisation. | 01227 762605 | |
| Housing Benefit | Canterbury
City Council
Military Road Canterbury CT1 1YW |
Customer Services | 01227 862300 | |
| Housing Register | Canterbury
City Council
Military Road Canterbury CT1 1YW |
The Council and Housing Associations allocate from a common register, maintained by the City Council. | 01227 862122 | |
| Housing Repairs | SERCo | Repairs to council owned houses | 0800 834959 | |
| Inland Revenue | Charter House
St George's Place |
Taxation and National Insurance contributions | 01227 864800 | Web site |
| Job Centre | 115-120 Northgate | 01227-594000 | ||
| Jobseeker Direct | For help in looking for work | 0845-6060-234 | ||
| Library | The
Beaney Institute
18/19 High Street |
Royal Museum and Art Gallery | 01227 463608 | Web site |
| Marlowe Theatre | The Friars | Civic Theatre | 01227 787787 | Web site |
| Neighbour Mediation | Mediation
Service
1 Tankerton Road Wnitstable |
Help in settling neighbour disputes | 01227 771283 | |
| Noise | Environmental
Health
Canterbury City Council Military Road Canterbury CT1 1YW |
Complaints about noise and other statutory nuisance | 01227 862202 | |
| NHS Direct | Health advice without troubling your doctor | 0845-4647 | OnLine Advice | |
| Refuse
collection,
street cleaning, parks and gardens. |
Street
Scene
Canterbury City Council Military Road Canterbury CT1 1YW |
Rubbish collection, fly tipping, clinical waste, recycling, bulky wasre collection, parks and playing fields. | 0800-031-9091 | |
| Registrar | Wellington
House
St Stephen's Road |
Registration of births, marriages and deaths | 01227 470480 | |
| Samaritans | 08457-909090 | Web site | ||
| Social Security | Nutwood House
Chaucer Road |
Income
Support
Other enquiries |
01843
258000
01227 596700 |
Web site |
| Social Services | Area Office | For all initial enquiries in East Kent | 01842 860000 | |
| Tourist Information | 12/13 Sun Street
Canterbury CT1 2HX |
General information
Accommodation Bookings Theater and concert bookings |
01227-378100
01227-378108 01227-378188 |
Web site |