Cliffsend

Worth seeing in and around Cliffsend

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   St Augustine's Cross

   St Augustine's Cross is a stone memorial in Kent, in a fenced enclosure on the south side of Cottington Road, west of Cliffs End, at Pegwell Bay, Thanet, about 2 miles west of Ramsgate, 3 miles north of Richborough Roman Fort, and 12 miles east of Canterbury, in the parish of Minster. The cross was erected in 1884 to commemorate the arrival of St Augustine in England in AD 597.

   600 m · high cross in Minster, Thanet, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Augustine's Church

   St Augustine's Church or the Shrine of St Augustine of Canterbury is a Roman Catholic church in Ramsgate, Kent. It was the personal church of Augustus Pugin, a nineteenth-century architect, designer, and reformer.

   3.1 km · church in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Laurence, Ramsgate

   St Laurence's Church, also known as St Laurence-in-Thanet, is a Church of England parish church in Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent.

   2.7 km · church in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ramsgate West Pier Lighthouse

   The Port of Ramsgate is a harbour situated in Ramsgate, south-east England, serving cross-Channel freight traffic and smaller working and pleasure craft. It is owned and operated by Thanet District Council.

   3.9 km · lighthouse in Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Westwood Cross

   Westwood Cross is an open, pedestrianised shopping centre located at Westwood, Kent, England. It opened in 2005, and since 2008 has incorporated a casino, bowling alley cinema and bingo hall.

   3.9 km · shopping mall in Westwood, Kent · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Minster in Thanet Priory

   Minster Abbey is the name of two abbeys in Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, England. The first was a 7th-century foundation which lasted until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

   3.3 km · modern priory in Minster, Thanet, Kent, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   The Grange, Ramsgate

   The Grange is a house in Ramsgate, Kent, on the south coast of England. It was designed as his own home by the Victorian architect and designer Augustus Pugin, and built between 1843 and 1844.

   3.1 km · Grade I listed English country house in Thanet, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate

   St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building.

   3 km · Grade II listed building in Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ramsgate Maritime Museum

   Ramsgate Maritime Museum is a museum in Ramsgate, Kent, England, that describes the maritime history of East Kent. The museum is situated in the Clock House on the quayside of the Royal Harbour at Ramsgate.

   3.9 km · maritime museum in Kent, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Cliffsend

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 100 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 106 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 110 km

Stations

Manston Airport, 2 km · Ramsgate railway station, 3.1 km · Minster railway station, 3.4 km · Port of Ramsgate, 3.5 km · Ramsgate Hoverport, 500 m

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