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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 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.
Isle of Thanet, a former island, now a peninsula, at the most easterly point of Kent, England; 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 Earth is a large industrial agriculture and plant factory project consortium on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England. It is the largest greenhouse complex in the UK, covering 90 hectares, or 220 acres (0.89 km 2 ) of land. [ 1 ]
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.
Broadstairs (/ˈbrɔːdstɛːz/) [2] is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about 80 miles (130 km) east of London.It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St Peter's, and had a population in 2011 of about 25,000.
North Foreland is the eastern extremity of the Isle of Thanet. North Foreland [1] is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England, specifically in Broadstairs.. With the rest of Broadstairs and part of Ramsgate it is the eastern side of Kent's largest peninsula, the Isle of Thanet.
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