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Broadstairs Dickens Festival 2017

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: December 3, 2016
Filed Under: 2017 Events, Broadstairs, History, Local Area

2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the Broadstairs Dickens Festival – book your Broadstairs holiday let with us between Saturday 17th – Friday 23th June if you want to enjoy this unique historical and literary event where the town seems to step back in time, with people dressed Victorian costumes round every corner and more […]

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Broadstairs is shopping heaven

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: November 16, 2016
Filed Under: Activities, Broadstairs, Local Area, Shopping

A trot down Broadstairs traditional High Street is always a pleasant shopping experience and the additional shopping streets,in town: The Broadway, Albion Street, Harbour Street, Charlotte Street and York Street, make the central Broadstairs area a diverse and vibrant shopping hub. The neighbouring Towns of Ramsgate and Margate, which both have many new independent […]

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Broadstairs New Year’s Day Swim

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: November 4, 2016
Filed Under: 2017 Events, Activities, Broadstairs, Local Area, Sports

After a long and glorious summer the weather is finally starting to get colder here in our lovely town of Broadstairs. The micro-climate on Kent’s Isle of Thanet has kept on delivering us sunny days with bright blue skies right through most of October, but today we have rain and a chill in the air and […]

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Dreamland special events

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: October 10, 2016
Filed Under: 2016 Events, 2017 Events, Christmas, Days Out, Local Area, Margate, Shopping

Margate’s iconic Dreamland amusement park reopened last year and immediately started to attract increased visitor numbers to the town and the wider area. Margate beach is once more packed out in the summer and the higher footfall for the town as a whole has helped lots of new businesses get established, particularly around the seafront […]

Tags: Beside the Sea Dreamland Screamland special events Vintage Market

Movie Nights!

Written by: Lorraine
Written on: September 15, 2016
Filed Under: Activities, Broadstairs, Entertainment, Local Area, Movies, Villages

A night out at the movies is always a great treat and can be a lovely addition to your holiday repertoire. Here in Broadstairs we have a charming little cinema on Harbour Street – The Palace – as well as an out of town multiplex at Westwood Cross. We’ve blogged before about both establishments and […]

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