Canterbury Combined Court Centre
What is Canterbury Combined Court Centre?
Canterbury Combined Court Centre is a family court at Canterbury Combined Court and Family Court Hearing Centre, The Law Courts, Chaucer Road, Canterbury CT1 1ZA. It is open Monday to Friday - 8am to 6pm.
Key facts
- Type
- Family Court
- Address
- Canterbury Combined Court and Family Court Hearing Centre, The Law Courts, Chaucer Road, Canterbury CT1 1ZA
- Court open
- Monday to Friday - 8am to 6pm
Source: Find a Court or Tribunal, retrieved 2026-10-14.
Location codes
The internal HMCTS references. No other public site surfaces these alongside the venue’s contact details.
Addresses
- Visit or contact us
- Canterbury Combined Court and Family Court Hearing CentreThe Law CourtsChaucer RoadCanterbury CT1 1ZA
Contacts
- Crown court
- 01227 819 200Enquiries
- Enquiries
- 0300 303 0642Divorce Contact Centre - Monday to Friday 10am - 6pm
- Enquiries
- 0300 123 5577National Contact Centre for Civil & Family Court - Monday to Friday 8:30am -5pm
- Family public law (children in care)
- 0330 808 4424Digital process for case numbers starting with C5
- Witness service
- 0300 332 1153Witness Service
- DX
- 99710 Canterbury 3
- Crown court
- [email protected]
- County court
- [email protected]Civil Enquiries
- Breathing space enquiries
- [email protected]
- Family court
- [email protected]Including C100 applications
- Family public law (children in care)
- [email protected]Digital process for case numbers starting with C5
Opening times
- Court open
- Monday to Friday - 8am to 6pm
- Counter open
- Civil: For urgent matters only, by prior appointment via the enquiries lines
- Counter service by appointment only
- Family: For urgent matters only, by prior appointment
- Crown Court open
- Crown: Counter open from 10am to 4:30pm
Areas of law
Facilities
- Parking
- There is free public parking at or nearby this court.
- Disabled access
- This building has level access to the building entrance, and court room. There are limited disabled parking spaces available - please contact the court by telephone if a disabled parking space is required. Two disabled lifts are available.
- Assistance dogs
- Assistance dogs are welcome
- Hearing Loop
- The building has a portable hearing enhancement system available by prior arrangement. Please contact the court by telephone or email to let us know of your requirements.
- Refreshments
- Cafeteria is open from 9am to 2.30pm (Hot food served up to 2pm) Cold drinks vending machine is available
- Interview room
- 21 interview rooms are available at this court.
- Baby changing facility
- Baby changing facilities are available.
- Video facilities
- Court/hearing room video conferencing facilities and prison to court video link facilities are available (by prior arrangement)
- Wireless network connection
- This court has wireless internet access available within the building.
- Hidden Disabilities Sunflower network
- Lanyards available on request.
- Witness service
- www.witnessservice.org.uk
Guidance naming this venue 2
Judicial guidance and court guides that name this venue explicitly.
- Resident Judgesupdated 2026-10-01
cited asCanterbury Combined Court Centre
…ge Crown Court and Peterborough HHJ Mark Bishop 07-03-22 South East Canterbury Combined Court Centre HHJ Simon James 25-01-19 South East Central Criminal Court HHJ Mark…
- Designated Civil Judgesupdated 2026-07-20
cited asCanterbury Combined Court Centre
…South East Brighton County Court HHJ Jonathan Simpkiss South East Canterbury Combined Court Centre HHJ Catherine Brown South East Oxford Combined Court Centre HHJ Mel…
Common questions
What is Canterbury Combined Court Centre?
Canterbury Combined Court Centre is a family court at Canterbury Combined Court and Family Court Hearing Centre, The Law Courts, Chaucer Road, Canterbury CT1 1ZA. It is open Monday to Friday - 8am to 6pm.
What are the opening hours for Canterbury Combined Court Centre?
Monday to Friday - 8am to 6pm. The counter is open Civil: For urgent matters only, by prior appointment via the enquiries lines.