Dickens House Museum
The Dickens House Museum is a literary museum exploring the life and works of Charles Dickens, concentrating on the time he spent in Broadstairs and the works he wrote there.Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: house in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “2 Victoria Parade”, “Dickens House”, “Dickens House Museum Broadstairs”, and “Dickens House Museum, Broadstairs”
- Address: 2 Victoria Parade, Broadstairs, CT10 1QS
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palace Cinema and Royal Albion Hotel.
Palace Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Palace Cinema is an independent single-screen cinema in Broadstairs, Kent, England. Housed in a converted commercial building, it opened in 1965 as the Windsor Cinema, and was renamed the Palace in 2006. Palace Cinema is situated 570 feet northeast of Dickens House Museum.
The York Gate
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The York Gate is situated 610 feet northeast of Dickens House Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broadstairs and St Peter’s.
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.
St Peter’s
Suburb
Photo: Graham Pritchard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's is an area of Broadstairs, in the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, on the Isle of Thanet, in Kent, England. Historically a village, it was outgrown by the long-dominant settlement of the two, Broadstairs, after 1841.
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. Kingsgate is situated 1½ miles north of Dickens House Museum.
Dickens House Museum
- Categories: house, historic house museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Broadstairs and St Peter’s, Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.35829° or 51° 21′ 30″ northLongitude
1.44223° or 1° 26′ 32″ eastOpen location code
9F339C5R+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 475404382OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q26557860
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