Broadstairs


Broadstairs


Unpretentious and unspoilt, Broadstairs unpacks a suitcase full of quiet charm. The town was a holiday home for Charles Dickens and continues to court its guests with a delightful mix of beautiful bays, maritime history and tiny, character-packed streets. Book shops, restaurants, craft shops and souvenir shops vie for attention and a mix of cottages and Victorian homes add to Broadstairs’ intrinsic old-world feel. The town is captivating enough, but the full glory of Broadstairs is not revealed until Harbour Street has finished inching its way towards the sea. Here, at the end of its journey, it throws open its doors to the glorious Viking Bay – a wide sweep of golden sand basking against a backdrop of cliffs and picturesque Victorian and Edwardian architecture. The weather-boarded 17th-century boathouse and historic customs house nudge the bay and jostle for position with seafood restaurants, quaint cottages and jaunty beach huts, while high on the clifftop, Bleak House stands as a silent, splendid sentinel over the bay. It was here that Dickens got the inspiration for the adventure of David Copperfield. The author is remembered, too, in the Dickens House Museum on the seafront and in the annual Dickens Festival in June. Source: Visit Britain

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Broadstairs Attractions

Dickens House Museum Museum, Broadstairs Address: 2 Victoria Parade, Broadstairs, CT10 1QS Tel: +44 (0)1843 863453 Email: leeault@tiscali.co.uk Website: http://www.dickenshouse.co.uk A building used by Charles Dickens as the model for Miss Betsey Trotwood's house in his famous book 'David Copperfield'. It is now an interesting museum devoted to Dickens' letters and possessions, other Victorian items and costumes. North Foreland Lighthouse Address: Broadstairs, CT10 3NW Website: http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk A working historic lighthouse with the first light established in 1499. North Foreland was the last manned lighthouse in the UK when it was converted to automatic operation in 1998. Crampton Tower Museum Museum, Broadstairs Address: High Street, Broadstairs, CT10 2AB Website: http://www.cramptontower.co.ukA museum displaying items relating to the engineer T R Crampton, with models, blueprints and other railway exhibits. Visitors can also see the Broadstairs stagecoach, an OO-gauge model railway and a small section devoted to Thanet tramways. The model railways range from N, OO and O gauge. Interactive exhibits. The Stage Coach Gallery is now open on the second floor of Crampton Tower, with displays and exhibits. We also have a gauge 1 layout.

Broadstairs Accommodation

Devonhurst Hotel Eastern Esplanade BROADSTAIRS Kent CT10 1DR England Tel: 01843 863010 Bed & Breakfast Price Single From : 39.00 GBP A warm welcome awaits you at our hotel situated on a quiet esplanade overlooking the sea yet close to town and quaint harbour. Your bedrooms offer colour t.vs clock radio hair dryers hospitality tray ensuite facilities and complementary toiletries and are all non-smoking. Choice of breakfast. All diets catered for. Unrestricted parking. Chandos Hotel 5 Chandos Square BROADSTAIRS Kent CT10 1QW England Double From : 40.00 GBP Oakfield Private Hotel 11 The Vale Broadstairs Kent CT10 1RB England Bed & Breakfast Price Single From : 26.00 GBP

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