The Ramsgate Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Ramsgate, Kent, England that describes the maritime history of East Kent. The museum is situated in the Clock House on the quayside of Ramsgate harbour. A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on seas and lakes. ... Ramsgate is an English seaside town on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent. ... coat of Arms of Kent For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan 967 Area...
There are four permanent galleries covering the development of the harbour, navigation, fishing, lifeboats and shipwrecks. A fifth exhibition space houses a 17th century 32-pounder demi-cannon raised from the wreck of the Stirling Castle. A number of artefacts come from the nearby Goodwin Sands which is responsible for numerous of shipwrecks. For other ships with the same name, see HMS Stirling Castle. ... The Goodwin Sands are a 10-mile long sand bank in the English Channel, lying six miles east of Deal in Kent, England. ...
Its maritime past is waiting to be discovered, too, in a specially dedicated museum in the seafront clockhouse.
Ramsgate is alive with the sights of a town enjoying its regeneration while the sound of the wind can still be heard whistling through the rigging of the hundreds of boats that nestle within the sheltering arm of the harbour wall.
Beyond the eastern harbour wall Ramsgate does a double-take and presents an expanse of golden sands for guests who want to indulge in the time-honoured pleasures of the seaside such as kite flying, windsurfing, swimming or just relaxing under the sun.
Ramsgate is an English seaside town on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent.
Ramsgate is located 78 miles from central London in an East South Easterly direction at one of the most Easterly points of the country (the furthest point east being North Foreland in nearby Broadstairs).
Ramsgate railway station is operated by Southeastern (train operating company) and is situated at the top of the town near the parish of St Lawrence.
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