Broadstairsa charming seaside town, the home of Hilderstone College

Welcome to Thanet

Ramsgatewith its royal harbourRamsgate has a maritime history dating back hundreds of years. It boasts a royal harbour full of boats and yatchs, surrounded by cafes and restaurants. You can enjoy boat trips to go �shing or see the seals, explore the old smugglers caves or take a lovely cli�-top walk. On a clear day you can even see France.

Margatewith its culture and funMargate is the largest of the three towns and is a traditional holiday seaside resort with beautiful sandy beaches, a vibrant ‘old town’ with a café culture, retro shops and the wonderful Turner Contemporary Art Gallery. Dreamland heritage theme park is also a great place to visit to enjoy all the fun of the fair.

Westwood Crossfor shopping and entertainmentWestwood Cross shopping centre is located just outside Broadstairs, with a regular bus service from the town centre. It is open seven days a week and has over �fty shops and restaurants, as well as a ten-screen cinema, health club and casino. There are also regular special events and market stalls for your enjoyment.

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Broadstairs is a beautiful seaside town with wonderful, sandy beaches. It has over 700 years of history and was a holiday home for both Charles Dickens and Queen Victoria. The busy town centre has many small shops, banks, snack bars and supermarkets. It has seven sandy bays to explore, cli�-top walks and cycle paths, golf, sailing and sur�ng; the perfect destination for a relaxed study vacation.

Hilderstone College is located on the town’s main road. Just a short walk brings you to the railway station and library, and then the shops of the High Street. At the end of the road, just 800 metres from the College, is the seafront with its cafes, bars, restaurants and ice-cream parlours, as well as the main beach: Viking Bay.

The town has festivals and events throughout the year including: Folk Week, an increasingly popular music festival, which attracts visitors from all over the country and musicians fromall over the world, Dickens Week, a celebration of the author and his works, several of which were written in the town, and Broadstairs Food Festival. The town is a popular place for an evening out, with a wide range of international restaurants as well as pubs and bars.

Broadstairs bene�ts from a direct, high-speed, train link with Canterbury and London, as well as Ashford, from where you can get a fast train to Paris and beyond.

Thanet, originally an island, is situated on the coast of Kent in south-east England. Kent stretches between the coast in view of France and London, and is known as the ‘garden of England’ because of its beautiful countryside.

Thanet has three main towns: Broadstairs, Margate and Ramsgate, with Westwood Cross shopping centre sitting between them. The area has a wonderful coastline with 15 sandy beaches and bays, and its cli�top ‘Viking Trail’ provides 50km of sea views, spectacular cli�s and pretty villages to be explored on foot or by bike.

Photos of Broadstairs, sur�ng, Ramsgate harbour and Turner Contemporary curtesy of Thanet Tourism