North Foreland
North Foreland 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Smitten, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include North Foreland Lighthouse and Bleak House.
North Foreland Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: John Smitten, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Foreland 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.
Bleak House
Photo: Heron2, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingsgate and Broadstairs.
Kingsgate
Suburb
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 though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748.
Broadstairs
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Broadstairs is a beach resort on the east coast of Kent. It has sandy beaches, clean bathing water and a variety of pubs and restaurants. In 2021 its population was about 25,000.
Foreness Point
Locality
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foreness Point is a low headland on the coast of Kent in England. It extends a short distance into the entrance of the Thames Estuary, on the north coast of Thanet, between Palm Bay in Cliftonville and Botany Bay in Broadstairs.
North Foreland
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland on the Kent coast of southeast England
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Broadstairs and St Peter’s, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“North Foreland” goes by many names.
- Basque: “North Foreland”
- Cebuano: “North Foreland”
- Chinese: “北方沿海”
- Chinese: “北福尔兰角”
- Dutch: “North Foreland”
- French: “North Foreland”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska North Foreland”
- Swedish: “North Foreland (udde i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “North Foreland”
- Welsh: “North Foreland”
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