| This corner
of Kent is surrounded on three sides by the sea, as well as the
medieval town of Sandwich, The Car Ferry Port of
Ramsgate
Sailing to Ostend.
The Seaside towns of
Broadstairs, Margate,
Westgate-on-sea, Birchington, Ramsgate Are all on
the coast of Thanet.
Kent International Airport Manston The entrance to the passenger terminal is on the B2050 past the village of Manston. The nearest train station is Ramsgate on the South Eastern train network, a 10-minute taxi ride or 38/38A bus ride from the airport. Birchington Off the A28, near Manston. A relatively quiet Thanet resort with cliffs and bays on the north coast, Birchington is the burial place of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Near by stands Quex House, a fine Regency building with lovely period rooms. Adjoining the house is the Powell-Cotton Museum displaying the magnificent African and Oriental collections of the Victorian explorer and anthropologist. Quex Park is dominated by an extraordinary bell tower with a peal of 12 bells. In the heart of Thanet, are the new, purpose-built Thanet campus part of Canterbury Christ Church University College, renowned for its academic excellence and its friendly welcoming atmosphere..
The Ferry Port of Dover, Herne Bay, and Whitstable, the Cathedral City of Canterbury. are all close by. With the channel tunnel entrance at Ashford is. just 29 miles.
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