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Westgate-on-Sea

Westgate-on-Sea is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of , England. It is within the Thanet local government district and borders the larger seaside resort of .
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  • Type: Town with 7,000 residents
  • Description: town in Thanet, Kent, England
  • Also known as: “Westgate”, “Westgate on Sea”, and “Westgate-on-Sea, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Westgate-on-Sea railway station and Carlton Cinema.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. It is 72 miles 35 chains down the line from and is situated between and .

Movie theater
Photo: Rick Ryder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , in Westgate-on-Sea, , England dates from 1910. The extension of the railway into East Kent in 1871 led to the creation of a number of seaside resorts along the Kent coast to the west of .

Church
Photo: Grevillelodge, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garlinge and Westbrook.

Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and suburb of , in the Thanet district, in , England, situated 2 miles southwest of the centre of the town.

Suburb
Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Victorian seaside resort on the Thanet peninsula in the southeast corner of England. It is the westernmost part of and is part of the ribbon development of the north coast. Westgate-on-Sea lies to the west.

Town
Photo: John Goodall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birchington-on-Sea is a in the Thanet district in , England, with a population of 10,392. Note that the village's name is actually - 'Birchington-on-Sea' is the name of the railway station, not the whole village.

Westgate-on-Sea

Latitude
51.38158° or 51° 22′ 54″ north
Longitude
1.33721° or 1° 20′ 14″ east
Population
7,000
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WSE
Open location code
9F3398JP+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29369793
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634413
Wiki­data ID
Q1812807
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Westgate-on-Sea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وستجيتون سي”
  • Asturian: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Basque: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Bavarian: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্টগেট অন সি”
  • Catalan: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Cebuano: “Westgate on Sea”
  • Chinese: “滨海西门”
  • Chinese: “濱海西門”
  • Chinese: “濱海韋斯特蓋特”
  • Dutch: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وستجيتون سى”
  • French: “Westgate on Sea”
  • French: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • German: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટગેટ-ઓન-સી”
  • Irish: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Italian: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Japanese: “ウェストゲート・オン・シー”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಗೇಟ್-ಆನ್-ಸೀ”
  • Korean: “웨스트게이트 온 씨”
  • Korean: “웨스트게이트온시”
  • Ladin: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Lithuanian: “Vestgeitas”
  • Persian: “وست‌گیت آن سی”
  • Polish: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Portuguese: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Russian: “Вестгейт он Си”
  • Russian: “Вестгейт-он-Си”
  • Spanish: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Swedish: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Tamil: “வெஸ்டகட்-ஆண் -ஸீ”
  • Telugu: “వెస్ట్ గేట్-ఆన్-సీ”
  • Turkish: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Urdu: “ویستجاتی-ون-سیا”
  • Volapük: “Westgate-on-Sea”
  • Welsh: “Westgate-on-Sea”

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