Thanet (district)
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| Thanet District | |
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 Shown within Kent |
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| 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 (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 148th 128,100 1,240 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.7% White |
| Politics | |
| Thanet District Council http://www.thanet.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Roger Gale, Stephen Ladyman |
- For the area of the same name, see Isle of Thanet.
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 of 1974. It occupies the area known as the Isle of Thanet. 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:
- Acol
- Birchington
- Broadstairs and St Peter's (town)
- Cliffsend
- Manston
- Minster
- Monkton
- St Nicholas-at-Wade and Sarre
Margate and Ramsgate are unparished areas, though there are attempts to parish Ramsgate [1]. 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.
Because of the three towns, almost the entire coastal area is built on. From Birchington, via Westgate-on-Sea, Margate, Cliftonville, Kingsgate to Ramsgate there is scarcely any unused seafront. Where it is not built upon, the coastline is slightly higher - for example at North Foreland. The whole district suffers from seasonal unemployment, in spite of its proximity to London.
The district is bordered by the City of Canterbury district to west, and the Dover district to the south.
Railway lines encircle the island, giving access to London by two routes. Road links approach from the North Kent coast, Canterbury and Dover. There is an airport at Manston recently renamed Kent International Airport. Ferry services operate to the Continent from Ramsgate.
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with its suburbs, villages, towns and parishes: |
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Acol • Birchington-on-Sea • Broadstairs • Cliffsend • Cliftonville • Isle of Thanet • Manston • Margate • Minster • Monkton • Newington • Palm Bay • Ramsgate • Sarre • St Nicholas at Wade • St Peter's • Westbrook • Westgate-on-Sea |
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| List of places in Kent | |
