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  • Ramsgate Royal Harbour
  • Viking Bay, Broadstairs at sunset
  • New for 2011 - Turner Contemporary
  • Botany Bay, Broadstairs
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Welcome to Thanet

Imagine lazy summer days lounging, fun family cycle rides along bright spring promenades, bracing cliff-top walks on crisp autumn mornings and watching white horses break onto the shore from a cosy restaurant. Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate and surrounding villages - a great all season coastal destination with lots of heritage and culture to discover and explore.

Big Broadstairs Weekend

18th -20th May

Various Venues

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Discover Town Teasers

Visitor Guide

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The essential guide to all there is to see and do - attractions, restaurants, art galleries, theatres and events in the area plus accommodation listings and some really great features

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Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

2012 marks the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and in celebration Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate are hosting a variety of events. Join in a street party, enjoy a show, take a guide tour, have afternoon tea or marvel at a firework display, there is so much going on

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Accommodation

Browse accommodation in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate

From self-catering fishermen's cottages and guest accomodation, to quality hotels and countryside camping and caravan parks - all quality graded

 

Blue Flag Success

Visit our award-winning beaches

Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate has been awarded more BLUE FLAG beaches then any other county

 

Turner Contemporary

Visit the new Turner Contemporary in Margate

Visit the spectacular award-winning Turner Contemporary Art Gallery in Margate. Watch the stunning sunsets that inspired JMW Turner

 
 

Events

Browse events in Thanet

Find out about events taking place in and around Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate

 

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Browse for a seaside gift or purchase a memento of your visit to the coast

 

Pugin 200th Birthday

Find out about celebrations for Pugin's 200th Birthday

Find out, join in and visit Ramsgate as it celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Augustus Pugin

 
 

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