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Whitstable's secondary school is The Whitstable School, formerly The Community College Whitstable. It is a secondary modern school which changed its name from Sir William Nottidge School in 1998. In 2009, 25% of its pupils gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*–C – this increased to 37% in 2011. [ 59 ]
It was located north of Harbour Street. Whitstable Harbour was built by Thomas Telford. It was opened on 19 March 1832. [2] In 1847, coke ovens were erected at Whitstable Harbour. [3] In the mid-1870s, the station was extended. A brick-built booking office was provided and the platform was extended to take three carriages. [4]
Whitstable railway station is on the Ramsgate branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Whitstable, Kent. It is 59 miles 6 chains (95.1 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Faversham and Chestfield & Swalecliffe .
The promoters returned to Parliament three more times to obtain authorisation for the raising of additional funds, obtaining the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Act 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. xi), the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. xxix) and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. lxxxii).
The A299 number was first allocated to a road from Faversham to Herne Bay, via Graveney, Seasalter and Whitstable. [2] Most of the modern route was constructed in the early 1930s as an unemployment relief project. [3] [4] Prior to this, all traffic from the west to the Isle of Thanet had to go via Canterbury. [citation needed]
Canterbury (/ ˈ k æ n t ər b ər i /), [2] [3] also known as the City of Canterbury, is a local government district with city status in Kent, England.It is named after its largest settlement, Canterbury, where the council is based.
Whitstable Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station located in Whitstable in the English county of Kent. [1] The station was established in 1963, [2] and has always operated an inflatable inshore lifeboat. The first lifeboat was one of the first D-class (RFD PB16) lifeboats in the RNLI fleet, D-2.
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