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Herne Bay / h ɜːr n / is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in South East England.It is 6 miles (10 km) north of Canterbury and 4 miles (6 km) east of Whitstable.It neighbours the ancient villages of Herne and Reculver and is part of the City of Canterbury local government district, although it remains a separate town with countryside between it and Canterbury.
At the time of the erection of the Clock Tower, Ann Thwaytes (1789–1866) was the rich widow of London grocer William Thwaytes. [7] Between 1834 and 1840 she visited Herne Bay regularly with friends, staying with Mr Camplin who owned number 8 (now 30) Marine Terrace on Central Parade, and became an established town benefactor of Herne Bay. [8]
The Seaside Museum Herne Bay is a local museum in Herne Bay, Kent, England.It was established in 1932, (as the Herne Bay Museum) and is notable for being a seaside tourist attraction featuring local archaeological and social history, for featuring the history of the town as a tourist resort, for its local art exhibitions and for its World War II bouncing bomb.
Herne and Broomfield is a civil parish and electoral ward within the City of Canterbury. The parish is situated to the north of Canterbury in Kent . The seaside town of Herne Bay is the other side of the A299 road , Thanet Way that marks the northern boundary of the parish.
Between 1834 and 1840 she visited Herne Bay regularly with friends, staying at 30 Marine Terrace on Central Parade, and became an established town benefactor of Herne Bay. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] She funded and laid the foundation stone in 1836 for two schoolrooms to be built as an extension of Christ Church in William Street.
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It is made up of several once-interconnected towers north of Herne Bay and is 14.8 km (9.2 miles) from the nearest land. They can be viewed from Shoeburyness East Beach on clear days. The Shivering Sands fort was the last of the Thames estuary forts to be constructed, and was grounded between 18 September and 13 December 1943.