Love our beautiful beaches!
Great news about our local beaches for 2016 (all of which are beautifully sandy remember). Seven of them have been awarded Blue Flag status. The Blue Flag is an international benchmark of quality celebrating the best beaches in the world. For our little corner of Kent to be awarded so many (more than any other area) […]
Tags: #wewilltidy broadstairs town teambeachcleansBeachesblue flag beachblue flag beachesthanetSome special events in 2016 at Crampton Tower Museum
This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Crampton, a famous son of Broadstairs, the 19th century engineer. Crampton was responsible for the striking crenelated flint water tower visible from the High Street and station platforms and also the Louisa footbridge which straddles Viking Bay and Louisa Bay and was named after […]
Tags: AnniversarybroadstairsCrampton TowerEngineerEventshistorymodel trainsTelegraphThomas CramptonTrainsWater TowerNew Kent Art Gallery opens in Broadstairs
Two local artists, Karen Hiscock-Lawrence and Brian Hodgson, have recently opened the tiny but very exciting New Kent Art Gallery on the corner of Albion Street and Alexandra Road in Broadstairs. Seek it out when you’re here, it’s just across the road from the popular Beaches Cafe, next door to the Seafarers cafe (with yellow sou’westered figure […]
Tags: artbroadstairsgalleryinky linesnew kent art galleryMay Bank Holiday in Broadstairs
The Broadstairs May Fair is always great fun – the centre-piece is a traditional funfair on the seafront by the bandstand at Victoria Gardens, above Viking Bay, the town’s main beach. Included in the fun you’ll find all manner of stalls, Sea Cadents, RNLI and live music – all together making for a great atmosphere […]
Tags: bank holidaybroadstairsHoliday letsmay fairseasidewildthingsThe Old Kent Market – new on Margate seafront
Last weekend The Old Kent Market opened, opposite the Turner Contemporary in Margate. After many months of loving restoration the building, which has previously been a music hall, a cinema, a snooker hall and for many years basically derelict, now makes a striking new contribution to the seafront, with it’s bold red frontage and intriguing exterior artwork but what’s […]
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