Canterbury BID’s seasonal guides continue to be a huge success. We print 20,000 Summer and 18,000 Winter Guides – distributed free of charge to locals, visitors and students. Scroll down for advertising rates and specs.
The A5 printed guides are distributed to hotels and B&Bs, travel points, The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, local residents (door-to-door), businesses, venues and stores. They are packed with fantastic ways to spend time (and money!) in Canterbury. We want to encourage shoppers to seek you out, to visit the city end-to-end and to make them aware of the many special places to discover. This could be your store, bar, event, visitor attraction, service, menu, tour – whatever you offer in the city, we want to share it. We hope that you’ll get involved and promote your business throughout 2026 with the Canterbury BID City Guides.
- High quality, full colour guides
- Long shelf life
- Free artwork help available – just ask for details
- Supported by the Canterbury Business Improvement District, we are a not-for-profit platform, which exists to promote businesses in Canterbury.
The Canterbury BID Summer Guide 2026 is available to view below:
Click the images above to access the digital copies of our most recent city guides.
How to Sign Up
It’s easy. Contact Jo Taborn on [email protected] to book your space.
Need Help with Artwork?
We can create your advertisement at no extra cost. We will need a detailed brief in a digital format (word document), including high resolution images (300 dpi) and any applicable logos. You will be sent a proof to approve before your artwork is printed. Amends will be charged at £25 per alteration.
Pricing:
- Back Page: £450 (BID Businesses) £550 (non-BID businesses)
- Inside Front Cover: £400 (BID businesses) £500 (non-BID businesses)
- Double Page Spread £550 (BID businesses) £650 (non-BID businesses)
- Full Page: £300 (BID businesses) £400 (non-BID businesses)
- Half Page: £200 (BID businesses) £300 (non-BID businesses)
- Quarter Page: £100 (BID businesses) £200 (non-BID businesses)
All prices are exclusive of VAT.
Designing Your Own Artwork?
Here’s our artwork dimension guide:
- Full Page: 138 x 200mm
- Two-page Spread: 286 x 200mm
- Half Page: 138 x 98mm
- Quarter Page: 67 x 98mm
- Text quiet zone min. 5mm in from final advert size edge (so your text doesn’t appear in the fold)
- High resolution CMYK print ready pdf or jpeg, min 300dpi
- No crop marks or bleed necessary
