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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Westwood, Kent

  

Westwood, Kent Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Westwood, Kent

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You can visit Westwood, Kent places with Walkfo Westwood, Kent to hear history at Westwood, Kent’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Westwood, Kent has 64 places to visit in our interactive Westwood, Kent map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Westwood, Kent, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Westwood, Kent places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Westwood, Kent & the surrounding areas.

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64 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Westwood, Kent places to visit

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Westwood, Kent has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Westwood, Kent’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Westwood, Kent’s information audio spots:

Broadstairs railway station Broadstairs railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the seaside town of Broadstairs, Kent . It is 77 miles 9 chains (124 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Margate and Dumpton Park .

Bleak House, Broadstairs Bleak House is a prominent house on the cliff overlooking the North Foreland and Viking Bay in Broadstairs, Kent . It was built around 1801 and then substantially extended, doubling in size, in 1901 . The house was the site of the North Cliff Battery and used as a coastal station for observing maritime activity .

Ramsgate power station Ramsgate power station supplied electricity to the town of Ramsgate, Kent, England from 1905 to 1958. The station was operated by the Ramsgate and District Electric Supply Company Limited until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948.

Lord of the Manor, Kent The Lord of the Manor is a former pub and road junction near Cliffsend on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. The former pub is now a former road junction in the area.

Dreamland Margate Dreamland Margate is an amusement park and entertainment centre based on a traditional English seaside funfair. It was first used for amusement rides in 1880, although the Dreamland name was not used until 1920 when the park’s Grade II* listed Scenic Railway wooden rollercoaster was opened. In 1981 the site was sold to the Dutch Bembom brothers, who renamed it “Bembom Brothers White Knuckle Theme Park” The name remained until it reverted to Dreamland in 1990. In the early 2000s, the park began to enter into decline, and a number of rides were sold to other theme parks. The park’s owner announced in 2003 that Dreamland would be closed.

Margate Lighthouse Margate Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the end of Margate harbour arm in Kent. It is located in Margate Harbour, Kent.

Royal Sea Bathing Hospital The Royal Sea Bathing Hospital in Margate, Kent was founded in 1791 by Dr John Coakley Lettsom, a Quaker physician and philanthropist, for the treatment of scrofula. The hospital was one of the earliest orthopaedic hospitals in the UK and pioneered the use of open-air treatment for non-pulmonary tuberculosis.

Defence Fire Training and Development Centre Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC, formerly FSCTE Manston) was the site of the Ministry of Defence’s firefighter training. It occupied part of a former Royal Air Force base near the village of Manston. The remainder of the former RAF Manston was part of Kent International Airport, a civilian airfield, until the site was closed on 15 May 2014.

Tivoli railway station Tivoli railway station was a non-public timetable railway station operated by the South Eastern Railway (SER) between 1848 and c. 1873.

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