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Hit the A2 then M2 then A2 then A299 and in 80 mins get to the little roundabout at Birchington, turn left, then a bout a mile down take a right and find thecoast then with the sea on your left, just follow it round all the way to Ramsgate and pick a bay, (in not the right order) you'll find Minnis Bay Westgate, Broadstairs, Viking Bay, Louisa Bay, Joss Bay, (great Captain Digby Pub restaurant on the cliff above), Palm Bay, Walpole Bay Cliftonville (Newgate Gap) and there are the beautiful beaches aplenty. And they constantly win the Blue Flag clean beaches award, probably mainly because no-one goes there anymore since everyone started going to Spain for their summer hols! Just get to the far end of the A299 where it hits .
i completely agree PEckham Rose, Whitstable is closest but Thanet nicer. However there is a lovely strip of shingle at WHitstable and you can be surrounded by kite surfers and that is quite exciting. They look a bit like the milk tray man when they are all lycred up and land on the beach in front of you;-)

stuartbowden Wrote:

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> Desperate to get to a beach (pretty much any

> beach) this weekend. What are the fastest ways to

> get to an acceptable bit of the coast by either

> train or car??


I know how you feel - its very therapeutic to escape from the city and see the sea again! Yay!


Why not hit the Essex coastline - Walton-on-the-naze, its fab but will prob take a bit longer to get to than Brighton/Whitstable/Broadstairs.


PS. there is NEVER any parking in Whitstable at weekends. Ever.

PPS. Bridport in Dorset is EVEN better :) Take Monday off too!

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/15/15552/Ship/Deal

http://img01.beerintheevening.com/41/41f9c6adddef0f9e1c2edf9be7bad244.jpg


this is a nice cosy pub (if it is the correct one that I am thinking of... pretty sure it is though)


think they also have a bit of live music at the w/e


near the sea too


the other one that is fab it the Zetland Arms at Kngsdown, just along from Deal... it is ON the beach (not by it)


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3753074592_c8ce568161.jpg

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