Westbrook

Westbrook 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. lies to the west.
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  • Type: Suburb with 4,130 residents
  • Description: suburb of Margate, in Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Westbrook, Kent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Margate railway station and Dreamland Margate.

Railway station
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serves the town of in Thanet, , England. It is 73 miles 69 chains down the line from . The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

Theme park
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is an amusement park and entertainment centre based on a traditional English seaside funfair located in , Kent, England. The site of the park 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.

Sports venue
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is a football located in , , England. It has been the home of Margate since 1929, apart from between 2002 and 2005, when the club was forced to share the grounds of other Kent clubs while protracted redevelopment work occurred.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garlinge and Margate.

Suburb
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is a village and suburb of , in the Thanet district, in , England, situated 2 miles southwest of the centre of the town.

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is a seaside resort on the north coast, with a population in 2021 of more than 64,000. It's suffered the usual decline of English seaside towns but its beach is still thronged on warm summer weekends, and there are several places of interest for cold wet days.

Town
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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 .

Westbrook

Latitude
51.38383° or 51° 23′ 2″ north
Longitude
1.36472° or 1° 21′ 53″ east
Population
4,130
Open location code
9F3399M7+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1116848185
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q7987159
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Westbrook” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Westbrook, Kent”
  • French: “Westbrook”
  • Irish: “Westbrook, Kent”
  • Polish: “Westbrook (Kent)”
  • Polish: “Westbrook”
  • Welsh: “Westbrook, Caint”
  • Welsh: “Westbrook”

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