Heritage matters
Thanet is steeped in history, making it a
hidden gem of
cultural and architectural secrets.
■ With one of the highest number of listed
buildings in Kent and the UK, the quality and variety of properties
in Thanet is astounding.
■ Ramsgate boasts the only Royal Harbour
Marina in the UK and is just footsteps from the town’s shops, bars
and restaurants.
■ With such cultural links to world renowned
artists including J M W Turner, Vincent Van Gogh and Tracy Emin,
together with literature’s finest - Charles Dickens and TS Eliot,
Thanet is proud of its history and celebrates this through the
planned Turner Contemporary art gallery and the annual Dickens
Festival in Broadstairs.
■ Georgian crescents, Victorian terraces, art
deco villas, pretty flint cottages to modern executive apartments –
the types and styles of homes are insurmountable.
■ Margate’s regeneration plans are paramount
to the transformation of the UK’s first seaside resort. In 2010,
Turner Contemporary will be opening an international art gallery of
world class design, celebrating the life and work of one of
Britain’s best loved artists and already, the Old Town is becoming
hip and fashionable with all the commercial opportunities that this
implies.