Broadstairs - Landmarks and Places of Interest

Landmarks and Places of Interest

  • There is a small cinema, "The Palace Cinema" (formerly known as The Windsor), in Harbour Street.
  • Also in Harbour Street, the Pavilion on the Sands hosts a summer show and all-year entertainment. There are extensive views across the bay. Its location and facilities make the Pavilion a popular wedding venue.
  • The beaches at Botany Bay and Joss Bay have both been awarded the Blue flag rural beach award in 2005. Viking Bay beach, the main beach in Broadstairs, won the Blue Flag in 2006.
  • The main beach (Viking Bay) has a number of cafes and ice cream outlets. During the summer, this bay is often very busy.
  • Punch and Judy and donkey rides a feature of the summer beach entertainment.
  • There are four firework displays on Wednesday evenings over Viking Bay in the summer and a free display on 5 November.
  • The Dickens' House museum is situated on the seafront, which displays many artifacts relating to Charles Dickens and his life in Broadstairs.
  • Crampton Tower by the railway station houses a museum. The museum contains Thomas Russell Crampton's working drawings, models, graphics, patents, awards and artifacts connected to his life and works. Other galleries illustrate the history and development of the railways, the electric tramways, road transport and other aspects of local industry. The original Broadstairs stage coach built in 1860 is displayed alongside seven working model railways in gauges N, OO, O and Gauge One.
  • In the village of St Peter's, tours are held throughout the summer.
  • The church of St. Peter-in-Thanet has one of the longest churchyards in England.

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