Westgate-on-Sea

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Westgate-on-Sea
Coordinates: 51.3832° N 1.3353° E
OS grid reference	TR321701
District	Thanet
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ramsgate
Postcode district	CT8
Dial code	01843
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	North Thanet
European Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Westgate-on-Sea is situated on the North Kent coast to the west of Margate. Like many such towns, it is almost completely based upon tourism, with hotels and other holiday accommodation its chief attraction. John Betjeman, probably while staying at nearby Birchington, wrote his poem ‘Westgate-on-Sea’ in the 1930s. It well evokes the orderly, genteel holiday resort of the day.

Westgate-on-Sea is said to be the first purpose-built tourist resort.^{[citation needed]}

During World War I the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) had a seaplane base here. It was the nearest part of RNAS operations to the front line in Belgium.

Westgate-on-Sea railway station is on the Chatham Main Line to Ramsgate.

[edit] See also

• List of clubs and societies in Thanet

view • talk • edit  The district of Thanet in Kent, South East England with its suburbs, villages, towns and parishes:
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
List of places in Kent