Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. As of 2001 it had a population of around 40,000. Ramsgate’s main attraction is its coastline, and its main industries are tourism and fishing. The town has one of the largest marinas on the English south coast, and the Port of Ramsgate has provided cross-channel ferries for many years.
Population: 38,624
Latitude: 51° 20' 8.45" N
Longitude: 1° 25' 4.69" E
Park Gate Down is a stretch of chalk downland near Elham in East Kent. The site is owned and managed as a nature reserve by the Kent Wildlife Trust and is also listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Special Area of Conservation…
Isaac Bargrave (1586 – January 1643) was an English royalist churchman, Dean of Canterbury from 1625 to 1643.
Highstead is a village near Chislet, off the A299 road, in the Canterbury District, in the English county of Kent. It is near the town of Herne Bay.
Herne Common /hɜrn/ is south of the village of Herne on the A291 road, which is between the town of Herne Bay and the village of Sturry, in the Canterbury District, in the English county of Kent.
Hampton, Herne Bay is the coastal west end of Herne Bay, Kent. Formerly the site of the village of Hampton-on-Sea, the settlement is underwater due to massive coastal erosion, but it was on the west side of the northern end of Hampton Pier Avenue, b…
Grays is a hamlet within the civil parish of Chislet, near Canterbury, Kent. It is located to the south of the A299 road and is located on the North Stream, a tributary of the River Wantsum. The hamlet consists of a small collection of houses (Littl…
Foreness Point is a low headland on the coast of Kent in England. It extends a short distance into the entrance of the Thames Estuary, on the north coast of Thanet, between Palm Bay in Cliftonville and Botany Bay in Broadstairs. Off the point there …
Eastry railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. It was the station before the Richborough Branch diverged from the main line to Wingham.
Eastry South railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 13 April 1925 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. The station served the village of Eastry. There was a siding to the south of the statio…
For the village in Shropshire, see Calcott, Shropshire
Bishopsbourne Paddock was a cricket ground at Bourne House, seat of Sir Horatio Mann, near Canterbury in Kent.
The Beverley Ground was a cricket ground in Canterbury used between 1840 and 1846. It played an important role in the development of cricket in England as the home of the Beverley Cricket Club and their Canterbury Cricket Week, the oldest cricket fe…
The A254 is a short road running northwest-southeast on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent.
Woodnesborough railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. The station served the village of Woodnesborough. There was a 500-gallon water tank…
The River Wingham is a tributary of the Little Stour in Kent, England.
Winding Wood is a hamlet and a wood in the West Berkshire District, in the English county of Berkshire. It is to the south of the M4 motorway.
West Blean is an area of ancient semi-natural woodland with SSSI status, 5km north of the city of Canterbury in Kent, England, also including Thornden Wood.
Tilmanstone Colliery Halt was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and was renamed Elvington in 1925. It closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. The station served the pit village of Elvington.