Location Matters

One of Thanet’s main attractions is its location in relation to the rest of Kent, London, Europe and beyond.

• Thanet is just over an hour’s drive from the outskirts of London and has major road links to the rest of Kent.

• Kent International Airport currently handles 30,000 tonnes of freight and operates charter passenger flights to eight European destinations.

• Situated at the Gateway to Europe, the Port of Ramsgate operates the country’s only cross channel freight and passenger ferry link to Ostend, Belgium.

• The high speed rail link from London to Ramsgate, due in 2009, is set to bring Thanet even closer to the capital.

• There’s more money left for ‘living’ in Thanet, where the price of a detached home is approximately 20% lower than the national average and homes in Ramsgate are around 50% cheaper than London.

Air: Kent International Airport

Road: Stagecoach, Eastonways

Rail: South Eastern Trains, National Rail

Sea: TransEuropa Ferries, P&O, SeaFrance, Norfolk Line

Louise Askew

Economic Development Officer

E-mail:

louise.askew
@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577000