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The Isle of Thanet is the major part of the district. This was formerly an island separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel.The channel gradually closed between the 12th and 16th centuries through a combination of natural silting and artificial land reclamation.
The Isle of Thanet seen from the north The Isle of Thanet seen from the south. The Isle of Thanet (/ ˈ θ æ n ɪ t /) is a peninsula forming the easternmost part of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the 600-metre-wide (2,000 ft) Wantsum Channel, [1] it is no longer an island.
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Thanet District, a local government district containing the island; Thanet College, former name of East Kent College; Thanet Canal, a short branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal; Earl of Thanet, a title in the Peerage of England created in 1628; Thanet Formation, a geological formation found in the London Basin of southeastern England
Ramsgate railway station serves the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent, England.The station lies on the Chatham Main Line, 79 miles 21 chains (127.6 km) down the line from London Victoria, the Kent Coast Line, and the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line.
Thanet Coast is an 816.9-hectare (2,019-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the coast between Whitstable and Ramsgate in Kent. [1] [3] It is a Geological Conservation Review site, [4] and overlaps two Special Area of Conservations. [5] [6] It is also part of a Ramsar Site [7] and a Special ...
Ramsgate developed as one of South East England's main seaside resorts in the 19th century. It became a natural target during the "Railway Mania" period of the 1840s, and the South Eastern Railway company was the first to reach it when it built a route which branched off from the South Eastern Main Line at Ashford. [1]
The stadium track was described as a well laid out course, 430 yards in circumference with good long straights and easy turns. It had an 'Inside Sumner' hare system and amenities included the Thanet Racing Club, a glass fronted enclosure in the 4s, 6d ring. The kennel facilities were opposite the track adjoining the Dumpton Park railway station ...