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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.
The Viking Coastal Trail is a 25-mile multi-user route around the Isle of Thanet, keeping as close as is possible to the coast. It is also Regional Route 15 of the National Cycle Network . From Reculver (going clock-wise), the trail passes through Margate , Broadstairs and Ramsgate to reach Pegwell Bay , where Vikings first landed in Kent.
It follows the coastline of the South East as it was about 1500 years ago, long before the North Kent Marshes or the Romney Marsh came into existence, when the cliff lines to the north and south extended further into the sea and when the Wantsum Channel provided a thoroughfare for boats between the Isle of Thanet and mainland England. [2]
Map of north-east Kent, showing Shuart, St Nicholas-at-Wade, Reculver and Canterbury All Saints' Church, Shuart (/ ˈ ʃ oʊ ɑː t /), in the north-west of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, in the south-east of England, was established in the Anglo-Saxon period as a chapel of ease for the parish of St Mary's Church, Reculver, which was centred on the north-eastern corner of mainland Kent, adjacent to ...
Manston is a village and civil parish [3] in the Thanet district of Kent, England. The village is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ramsgate . The parish includes four hamlets and the former Manston Airport .
Bede wrote in his Ecclesiastical History: "On the east of Kent is the large Isle of Thanet containing, according to the English way of reckoning, 600 families, divided from the other land by the river Wantsum, which is about three furlongs over, and fordable only in two places, for both ends of it run into the sea. In this island landed the ...
Margate is a seaside town in the Thanet District of Kent, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of 2 miles (3 kilometres) long, 16 miles (26 kilometres) north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay and Westbrook. In 2011 it had a population of 61,223.
Ramsgate has two paid-for newspapers, the Isle of Thanet Gazette and Thanet Times, both of which are owned by Northcliffe Media. [55] Free newspapers covering the town include the Thanet Extra, part of the KM Group; and yourthanet, belonging to KOS Media. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC South East & ITV Meridian.