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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. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, 15 miles north of South Foreland, and commands views over the southern North Sea.
Kingsgate Castle looking across Kingsgate Bay. The North Foreland lighthouse is just visible on the right of the photo. Aerial photograph of Kingsgate Castle. Kingsgate Castle on the cliffs above Kingsgate Bay, Broadstairs, Kent, was built for Lord Holland (Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland) in the 1760s as the stable block of his nearby country residence Holland House.
John Buchan apparently based the title of his novel, The Thirty Nine Steps after the set of steps on the beach at a house called St Cuby, Cliff Promenade at North Foreland, Broadstairs, where he was recuperating from illness in 1915. Thomas Russell Crampton, railway engineer, was born in Broadstairs in 1816.
Cliffs to the north of Kingsgate Bay, Thanet, Kent Kingsgate is a hamlet in St Peter's parish, Broadstairs , Kent . The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 (‘gate’ referring to a cliff-gap) though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748. [ 1 ]
Bleak House (originally known as Fort 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 was used as a coastal station for observing maritime ...
When flares were seen off the shore at North Foreland, the lifeboat was launched, and found the brigantine Douse ashore on the rocks. Her six crewmen were rescued, and landed at Ramsgate. [10] In 1896, the Christopher Waud, Bradford was found to be suffering from rot, and was withdrawn. Reserve No.3 lifeboat, (ON 190), was placed on service for ...