Broadstairs
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 26 ′ E | ||
| OS National Grid | TR395675 | ||
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| Residents | 24,543 (as of 2017) | ||
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| Post town | Broadstairs | ||
| ZIP code section | CT10 | ||
| prefix | 01843 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Shire county | Kent | ||
| District | Thanet | ||
| British Parliament | North Thanet | ||
Broadstairs is a small town in the county of Kent in southeast England .
Broadstairs is located between Margate and Ramsgate on the Isle of Thanet , the city is part of the Thanet district . There are seven bays: Viking Bay, Louisa Bay, Dumpton Gap, Botany Bay, Stone Bay, Joss Bay and Kingsgate Bay.
The average temperature in Broadstairs is 10.5 ° C, rainfall averages 751 mm.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas Russell Crampton (1816–1888), locomotive engineer
- Edward Heath (1916–2005), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974)
- Doug Bing (1928-2013), football player
- Tommy Bing (1931-2015), football player
- Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012), composer
- Bruce Robinson (born 1946), actor, screenwriter and director
Connected to the city
It was in the city that Charles Dickens , a frequent visitor, wrote the novel David Copperfield . Dickens spent his extended summer vacation at Bleak House (original name: Fort House ), which is located directly on the cliff. The house was a privately operated museum until 2004, but had to be closed for economic reasons. The novel Bleak House , which Dickens wrote in 1852/1853, owes its name to this house.
Other prominent visitors included Queen Victoria , who spent her summer holidays at Broadstairs several times as a child, and British Prime Minister Edward Heath , who was born here .
Views
Bleak House in Broadstairs
Joss Bay Beach in Broadstairs
Kingsgate Bay cliffs in Broadstairs
Kingsgate Castle and Kingsgate Bay
