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Photo of Herne Bay, a swimming spot near Whitstable, Kent, south east England.

© pam fray / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Herne Bay

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Herne Bay is a designated bathing water in Kent. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. The county has 30 designated bathing waters; this is one.

Herne Bay Central and Tankerton are among the bathing waters within 6.6 km. Herne Bay Station is 1.9 km away to the south-west.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Herne Bay

Photo of Reculver Towers and Roman Fort, a ruined monastery near Fordwich, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

Monastery near Fordwich

Reculver Saxon Shore fort, Anglo-Saxon monastery and associated remains

4.2 km E

Photo of Whitstable, a village in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Whitstable

Village

Working oyster town of weatherboarded fishermen's huts, seafood shacks and a long shingle beach.

8 km W · Kent

Photo of Sarre Windmill, a windmill in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Sarre Windmill

Windmill near Sarre

Smock mill on the edge of the old Wantsum marshes at Sarre, restored to grind, with a bakery.

8.2 km SE

Photo of The Fordwich Arms, a gastropub in Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Fordwich Arms

Gastropub near Fordwich

Riverside pub in England's smallest town near Canterbury, ambitious modern cooking.

8.8 km S

Photo along the North Downs Way, a 153-mile National Trail running from Farnham to Dover, south east England.Highlight

North Downs Way

National Trail

Pilgrim country: orchards, vineyards and chalk downs between Farnham and the white cliffs of Dover.

11.1 km SW · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Canterbury Cathedral, a priory in Kent, south east England.Iconic

Canterbury Cathedral

Priory near Canterbury

Mother church of English Christianity, soaring Gothic.

11.2 km S