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Photo of Dreamland, a visitor attraction near Broadstairs, Kent, south east England.

Dreamland© Hugh Llewelyn / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Dumpton Park StationDumpton

33 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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

Broadstairs

Village

Thanet resort of seven sandy bays where Dickens holidayed, its old town above Viking Bay.

1.7 km NE · Kent

Photo of Kingsgate Bay, a beach near Broadstairs, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kingsgate Bay

Beach near Broadstairs

A small sandy Thanet cove with a natural chalk arch at its northern end, below a mock-castle folly.

4.5 km N

Photo of Botany Bay, Broadstairs, a swimming spot in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Botany Bay, Broadstairs

Designated bathing water near Broadstairs

A sandy Thanet beach north of Broadstairs, known for the white chalk stacks standing out of the sand at low tide

4.9 km N

Photo of Shell Grotto, a visitor attraction near Broadstairs, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Shell Grotto

Attraction near Broadstairs

An underground passage in Margate lined with 4.6 million shells in mysterious mosaics, its origin still unexplained.

5.3 km NW

Photo of Walpole Bay Tidal Pool, a sea pool near Broadstairs, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

Sea pool · Lido near Broadstairs

A walled sea pool of over four acres on the Cliftonville shore at Margate, built in 1937 and refilled by every tide.

5.5 km N

Photo of Dreamland, a visitor attraction near Broadstairs, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Dreamland

Attraction near Broadstairs

Margate's restored seaside amusement park, home to the Grade II* Scenic Railway, Britain's oldest roller coaster.

5.7 km NW

Photo of Turner Contemporary, a visitor attraction near Broadstairs, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Turner Contemporary

Attraction near Broadstairs

A stark David Chipperfield gallery on the Margate seafront, on the spot where Turner lodged to paint the light.

5.9 km NW

Photo of Richborough Roman Fort, a Roman fort near Sandwich, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Richborough Roman Fort

Roman fort near Sandwich

Towering 3rd-century fort walls at the traditional landing place of the AD 43 Roman invasion, with the base of a great triumphal arch.

9.2 km SW

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

Sandwich

Village

Medieval Cinque Port left two miles inland by silt, with Fisher Gate, the Barbican and a 1300 Magna Carta in its Guildhall

9.9 km SW · Kent

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Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.8 km SE · spans 24 counties

Draper's Mill

Windmill near Margate

Smock mill on the edge of Margate, restored by a local trust and open on summer Sundays.

4.4 km NW

Photo of Pegwell Bay Country Park, a country park near Sandwich, Kent, south east England.

Pegwell Bay Country Park

Country park near Sandwich

A country park in Kent.

4.6 km SW

Photo of the coast at Sandwich and Pegwell Bays, Kent, south east England.

Sandwich and Pegwell Bays

Coastline near Sandwich

A National Trust place in Kent.

4.9 km SW

Photo of St Augustine's Cross, Ebbsfleet, a landmark near Sandwich, Kent, south east England.

St Augustine's Cross, Ebbsfleet

Landmark near Sandwich

Stone cross in early medieval style put up by Earl Granville in 1884 near Pegwell Bay, where St Augustine traditionally landed in 597.

5.1 km W

Photo along the Saxon Shore Way, a 160-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Hastings, south east England.

Saxon Shore Way

Long-distance path

Around Kent's Roman-era coastline from Gravesend to Hastings — a shore the sea has since abandoned for miles at a stretch.

7 km SW · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of St Mary the Virgin, Minster-in-Thanet, a church in Kent, south east England.

St Mary the Virgin, Minster-in-Thanet

Church near Minster-in-Thanet

Big Norman and Early English church with carved choir stalls, beside the working Minster Abbey.

7.8 km W

Everything else within 10 km (17) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.