Beltinge

Beltinge
Beltinge
 Beltinge shown within Kent
Population Approx 900
OS grid referenceTR177680
Civil parishHerne and Broomfield
DistrictCity of Canterbury
Shire countyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Herne Bay
Postcode district CT6
Dialling code 01227
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentNorth Thanet
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England
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Coordinates: 51°22′20″N 1°09′36″E / 51.372160°N 1.160070°E / 51.372160; 1.160070

Beltinge /ˈbɛltɪn/ is a low cliff-top suburb, a residential estate with some outlying fields, of Herne Bay in Kent, England. It forms the easternmost part of the urban area of Herne Bay and is just west of the small settlement Reculver which had an important Roman Fort and a channel which served to provide safer passage around what was the 'Isle of Thanet' until the early Middle Ages.

Geography

Herne Bay, Bishopstone and Hillborough are the three eastern localities of Herne Bay, each low density residential and contiguous with each other without any gaps between them.

Beltinge Cliff describes a large central portion of the gently sloping cliff range. These are the first cliffs east of London. A pedestrian promenade north of this has the Saxon Shore Way, part of the round-Kent coastal long-distance walk. Three nearby flights of steps connect the promenade with the rest of the east of Herne Bay or Beltinge.

Immediately south of these three small areas is Herne Bay's rural fifth, forming a buffer zone which serves to separate the eastern development from the two main north Kent coastal routes:

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