Explore Broadstairs, the Kentish seaside town loved by Charles Dickens
Exploring the Kentish seaside town adored by Charles Dickens, who said it was "one of the coolest, freest little places in the world." Dickens was in Broadstairs between 1837 and 1859 and enjoyed 'fine sand and pleasant walks' The town has a museum and pub dedicated to the writer - and there are also The Old Curiosity Shop tea rooms Visitors will also enjoy the city's surf schools, the Palace Cinema and the gelato at Morelli's Gelato
Leaving aside the Victorian bathing machines, the lighthouses and the quantity of fishing boats, these words from 1841 are true today. There is, in fact, a generally calm good sea. The sands are good. There are great walks along the plunging cliffs of the Viking Coastal Trail.
Yet there is a big difference from when the novelist was in the Kentish town between 1837 and 1859, having written parts of David Copperfield and Nicholas Nickleby there.
Dickens , although already famous, could hardly have anticipated the fascination with its connection to the seaside spot (population around 25,000).
Across from Viking Bay, home to a top notch beach, you have the Charles Dickens pub.
Then there is the Dickens Walk to the Cliff Edge Walk; The Old Curiosity Shop tea rooms; and Bill Sykes Cottage, which is not far from the old pr...
Leaving aside the Victorian bathing machines, the lighthouses and the quantity of fishing boats, these words from 1841 are true today. There is, in fact, a generally calm good sea. The sands are good. There are great walks along the plunging cliffs of the Viking Coastal Trail.
Yet there is a big difference from when the novelist was in the Kentish town between 1837 and 1859, having written parts of David Copperfield and Nicholas Nickleby there.
Dickens , although already famous, could hardly have anticipated the fascination with its connection to the seaside spot (population around 25,000).
Across from Viking Bay, home to a top notch beach, you have the Charles Dickens pub.
Then there is the Dickens Walk to the Cliff Edge Walk; The Old Curiosity Shop tea rooms; and Bill Sykes Cottage, which is not far from the old pr...
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