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Thanet District
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Kent
Area: - Total	Ranked 241st 103.30 km²
Admin. HQ:	Margate
ONS code:	29UN
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 149th 128,600 1245 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.7% White
Politics
Thanet District Council http://www.thanet.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Roger Gale, Stephen Ladyman

Thanet is a local government district of Kent, England which was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, and came into being on 1 April 1974. It occupies the area known as the Isle of Thanet and is governed by Thanet District Council. The main towns in the district are Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, England. ... Image File history File links KentThanet. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Area is the measure of how much exposed area any two dimensional object has. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Margate is a town in Thanet, Kent, England (population about 60,000). ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). ... The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005, unless otherwise stated, from the Office for National Statistics [1]. See also: List of towns and cities in England by population - List of English counties by population - List of ceremonial counties of England by population - List of English districts by area - List... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Roger James Gale (born 20 August 1943, Poole) is an English politician. ... Dr Stephen John Ladyman (born November 6, 1952) is a British politician, and Labour Party member of Parliament for Thanet South. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, England. ... Thanet District Council is the local government body for the Thanet district. ... Margate is a town in Thanet, Kent, England (population about 60,000). ... See also Ramsgate (disambiguation) for other places with this name. ... , Broadstairs is a coastal town on The Isle Of Thanet in East Kent, England, 76 miles east of London with excellent and first class road links (1 hour from the M25) with a population of about 22,000. ...

The district is located on the north eastern tip of Kent, and is predominantly coastal, with north, east and south facing coastline. The district is bordered by the City of Canterbury district to west, and the Dover district to the south. The City of Canterbury is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. ... Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. ...

Origins

The name "Tenet" was listed in the Domesday book of 1086, whereas in the 18th century classical dictionary of John Lemprise it is states "Tane'tus, a small island of Albion. Ptolemy calls it Tolianis. It is now Thanet."

The word Tanatus may come from the Celtic work "teine", meaning "fire" or "bonfire" and "arth" meaning "height" and would make Thanet the Bright Island. It could well be that a lighthouse or beacon was situated on Telegraph Hill, west of Manston, one of the highest points on the island. There isn't any evidence of this on the ground, and it may have been that there were several beacons arranged along the coast.When the English Channel was formed by the sea breaking through, an island of chalk was left on the east side of the county. It was separated from the rest of Kent by the Wantsum Channel.

The Wantsum Channel was originally up to two miles wide, and as you drive towards the peninsular you can see where it once was. The Channel was protected by Richborough Castle at the western end (built by the Romans) and Reculver Fort guarded the other. The first bridge across to the island was built in 1485 and even as late as the mid 1700s there was a ferry from Sandwich. This article is about the food item. ...

Thanet as it was when the Romans were in Kent. Over the course of the last millennium, the channel became silted up with silt from the River Stour and the shingle which was building up along the coast helped join Thanet to the rest of Kent. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ...

The land, where the Wantsum Channel once was, is still only a few feet above sea level, and in 1953 the island was cut off once more. The sea defences have since been strengthened since, but if you walk along the sea walls from Reculver you will see just how low the land lies.

Even today there are remains of the small harbours and quays in the villages that bordered Wantsum Channel.

The Wantsum Channel still exists and is today little more than a stream. The Wantsum Channel is the name given to a now silted-up watercourse in the English county of Kent. ...

Towns and parishes

The district was formed by the merger of Margate and Ramsgate municipal boroughs with Broadstairs and St Peter's urban district and part of Eastry Rural District. An Isle of Thanet Rural District had existed from 1894 and the Local Government Act 1894 until it was abolished in 1935 to form part of Eastry RD. Margate is a town in Thanet, Kent, England (population about 60,000). ... See also Ramsgate (disambiguation) for other places with this name. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... Broadstairs is a town in Kent, England, with a population of about 22. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Eastry is a remote, yet historically significant village four kilometres SW of Sandwich, in Kent. ... The Isle of Thanet is an area of northeast Kent, England. ... The Local Government Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. ...

The district is divided into 23 wards, some of which are included in the three traditional coastal resorts of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate. The civil parishes located in the district are: , Broadstairs is a coastal town on The Isle Of Thanet in East Kent, England, 76 miles east of London with excellent and first class road links (1 hour from the M25) with a population of about 22,000. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

• Acol
• Birchington
• Broadstairs and St Peter's (village)
• Cliffsend
• Manston
• Minster
• Monkton
• St Nicholas at Wade and Sarre

Margate and Ramsgate are unparished areas, though there are attempts to parish Ramsgate.^[1] Acol (formerly Acholt) is a village in the English county of Kent. ... Birchington-on-sea is a town in Thanet, Kent. ... , Broadstairs is a coastal town on The Isle Of Thanet in East Kent, England, 76 miles east of London with excellent and first class road links (1 hour from the M25) with a population of about 22,000. ... , Cliffsend is a village 2 miles (3 km) west of Ramsgate in Kent, England. ... Manston is a place in the Thanet district of Kent. ... Minster-in-Thanet is a hamlet on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, to the west of Ramsgate and to the north east of Canterbury. ... Monkton is an English village located on the Canterbury-Ramsgate road, at the south-western edge of the Isle of Thanet, Kent near St Nicholas at Wade and Minster-in-Thanet. ... St Nicholas at Wade is a village in Kent, U.K. with a population of around 1000. ... Sarre is a civil parish in Kent, England. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

Development and communication

The main seafront ares in the towns are highly developed: from Birchington, via Westgate-on-Sea, Margate, Cliftonville, Broadstairs to Ramsgate. Where it is not built upon, the coastline is slightly higher - for example at North Foreland where the North Foreland lighthouse stands. Thanet has a 26 mile sandy coastline and many fine bays. The coastline suffers erosion as the base rock is chalk. Birchington-on-sea is a town in Thanet, Kent. ... , Westgate-on-Sea is a seaside town in northeast Kent, England, with a population of 6,600. ... Cliftonville is a costal area of the town of Margate where it is situated to the east of the main town. ... The North Foreland and South Foreland are two chalk headlands on the Kent coast of southern England, overlooking the Strait of Dover. ...

Railway lines enter the district from three directions:^[2]

• Coastal route through Whitstable and Chatham to London
• Land route through Canterbury and Ashford (international station for Eurostar) to London
• Coastal route to Dover and Folkestone

The key road links are:^[3] Whitstable is a town in Kent, England with a population of 30,000. ... , Chatham (pronounced chat-um ) is a large town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway to the southeast of London in Kent, England. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... Ashford may mean the following places: In Australia: Ashford, New South Wales Ashford, South Australia Electoral district of Ashford - a state electoral district in South Australia In Canada: Ashford, Quebec In the Republic of Ireland: Ashford, County Wicklow In the United Kingdom: Ashford, North Devon Ashford, South Hams, Devon Ashford... This article is about high-speed trains between London and Brussels / Paris. ... , Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent. ... , Folkestone (IPA: ) is a coastal resort town in the Shepway district of Kent, England. ...

• The A299 Thanet Way, which approaches from the North Kent coast, and eventually joins with the M2(1 hour from the M25)
• The A28 Canterbury Road, which links with the city of Canterbury through to Ashford
• The A256 which links the district to Dover

• There is an airport at Manston, formerly RAF Manston, but since renamed by its commercial operators as Kent International Airport.

• Ferry services (predominantly freight and car with passengers) are operated by Transeuropa ferries to the Continent from Port Ramsgate.^[4]

Manston is a place in the Thanet district of Kent. ... RAF Manston was a Royal Air Force station, now known as Kent International Airport. ... Kent International Airport (IATA: MSE, ICAO: EGMH) is an airport in Kent, England. ... TransEuropa Ferries operates a Ferry service between Ramsgate,Thanet,(Kent UK) to Ostend (West-Flanders, Belgium). ... Aerial photo showing two out of three harbour compartments Port Ramsgate is a cross-channel port situated in Ramsgate, south-east England. ...

The future

• The area has recently seen massive development at Westwood with the construction of a shopping centre, Westwood Cross, with associated retail development including accommodation, restaurants, a casino and entertainment venues. This has spawned additional retail development on its fringe with the construction of additional retail parks.

• Plans have been prepared to build an art centre in Margate, the Turner Contemporary, as part of a regeneration of the entire town.

• The London Array offshore windfarm is expected to be completed by 2009 near to North Forland, Margate. The project is expected to have a total capacity of up to 300 MW which, on average, is sufficient to supply approximately 240,000 homes per year with green energy. The project will thus make a significant contribution to the Government’s national and regional renewable energy targets.

• Dreamland Margate on the seafront is currently in consultation and a Heritage Amusement Park is hoped to be developed around The Scenic Railway which is the oldest roller coaster in the UK and the third oldest in the world. In 2002 the ride became a Grade II listed building - the first UK amusement park attraction to achieve this status.

• Thanet District Council has introduced an empty property initiative and has compulsory purchased empty and derelict buildings with the objective of bringing them back into use.

• Building starts on Ramsgate seafront on the former Ramsgate Pleasure Park site in 2008. The new development will mix residential with leisure and retail.

• The Lido site in Cliftonville is due to be redeveloped in 2008 by the same company that has redeveloped the former Sea Bathing Hospital in Westbrook.

• A new community centre is planned for Broadstairs.

• Plans have been submitted to relocate Thanet College to a new purpose built campus at Westwood, Broadstairs.

• The Prospect Inn site at Monkton is currently being redeveloped into a new hotel.

• High speed rail links to Thanet will be started in 2009.

Westwood Cross is a shopping plaza in Thanet, East Kent. ... The Turner Gallery in Kent is due to open in Margate in 2007. ... The London Array is an offshore wind farm that has been granted planning permission for the outer Thames Estuary. ... Dreamland Margate is an amusement park in the seaside resort town of Margate, Kent, England. ... The Scenic Railway The Scenic Railway is the United Kingdoms oldest surviving rollercoaster, one of the attractions at Dreamland Margate in Kent. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... Thanet District Council is the local government body for the Thanet district. ... Thanet College is a further education college located on the Isle of Thanet in Broadstairs ,Kent on the South East coast of the United Kingdom. ... Westwood is the name of the following locations in the United States: Westwood, California Westwood Village (in Los Angeles, California) Westwood, Iowa Westwood, Kansas Westwood, Boyd County, Kentucky Westwood, Jefferson County, Kentucky Westwood, Massachusetts Westwood, Michigan Westwood, Missouri Westwood, New Jersey Westwood Hills, Kansas Westwood Lakes, Florida Westwood Village Memorial... Monkton could be Monkton, Devon Monkton, Kent See also: Moncton This article consisting of geographical locations is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Retail and commerce

Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs each have shopping centres with a mix of local and national retailers complimented by Northdown Road, Cliftonville, Westgate and Birchington.

Westwood at the centre of Thanet has seen much major development in recent years with the building of Westwood Cross shopping centre which is the home of national retailers and several restaurant chains including a Travelodge hotel. Associated development has taken place around the shopping centre spawning other retail parks. Westwood Cross is a shopping plaza in Thanet, East Kent. ... Travelodge refers to several hotel chains around the world. ...

Politics

Thanet District Council is held by a Conservative majority, who hold 33 seats, compared to the 19 seats held by Labour, who are the second party.^[5]Thanet is in county council control by Kent County Council. Thanet District Council is the local government body for the Thanet district. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Kent County Council is the local authority for the county of Kent in south-east England, United Kingdom. ...

There are two MPs for Thanet:

• Roger Gale, Conservative for North Thanet,
• Stephen Ladyman, Labour MP for South Thanet.

Roger James Gale (born 20 August 1943, Poole) is an English politician. ... Creation 1983 MP Roger Gale Party Conservative Type House of Commons County Kent EP constituency South East England North Thanet is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Dr Stephen John Ladyman (born November 6, 1952) is a British politician, and Labour Party member of Parliament for Thanet South. ... Creation 1983 MP Stephen Ladyman Party Labour Type House of Commons County Kent EP constituency South East England South Thanet is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Health

Thanet has a large hospital: the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, known as the QEQM.

Overall indicators of health are poor for Thanet.^[6]

• Life expectancy is increasing but on average is less than for England
• People on means-tested benefits: 21,400
• Children in low-income households: 6,800
• Teenage pregnancies are high compared to the England average
• Violent crime is more frequent in Thanet than in England
• Estimated smoking rates are high as are death rates from smoking
• Early deaths from cancer are higher than the England average
• Healthy eating, physical activity, and adult obseity are similar to the national average
• Binge drinking is below the national average
• Higher than average number of people admitted to hospital for alcohol-specific conditions
• Higher than average rate of diabetes
• Higher than average rate of mental health problems

The whole district suffers from seasonal unemployment, in spite of its proximity to London. Contributory factors are:

• inward migration
• high numbers of old people
• low numbers of affluent people

Media

• Local newspapers are the Thanet Extra, part of the Kent Messenger group, Thanet Adscene, Isle of Thanet Gazette and Thanet Times, all owned by Trinity Mirror. The area is also covered by three Kent on Sunday, KOS titles on Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday Your Thanet.

• Local radio stations are Kmfm (Thanet Local Radio) owned by Kent Messenger group, the county-wide Invicta FM, and BBC Radio Kent.

• Local regional ITV1 service is provided currently by Meridian.

The Kent Messenger is a local newspaper for the county of Kent in England. ... Trinity Mirror is a large United Kingdom newspaper and magazine publisher. ... Kent on Sunday is a multi-award winning[1][2] free regional newspaper covering the county of Kent in the United Kingdom. ... kmfm is the name of six Independent Local Radio stations and one digital station (on the Kent Digital Multiplex) owned by KM Radio Ltd, each broadcasting locally to a region of Kent. ... The Kent Messenger is a local newspaper for the county of Kent in England. ... // Invicta FM is a local commercial station which broadcasts to the county of Kent in South East England. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent. ... Look up meridian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Famous Thaneterian's

• List of people from Thanet

Notable residents from Thanet include: Actress Brenda Blethyn was born in Ramsgate Author Charles Dickens had a holiday home in Broadstairs, where he wrote David Copperfield Artist Tracey Emin grew up in Margate British Prime Minister Edward Heath was born in Broadstairs Philanthropist and Jewish campaigner Moses Montefiore lived in...

References

1. ^ Parish and town Council function. Ramsgate First Group. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
2. ^ National Rail Network London and South East. Network Rail. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
3. ^ Map of Thanet key road links. Multimap.
4. ^ TransEuropa Ferries. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
5. ^ 2007 Election Results. Thanet District Council. Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
6. ^ [1]

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External links

• Local Maritime Volunteer Service
• District website

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Coordinates: 51°22′08″N 1°25′08″E / 51.36889, 1.41889 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...