Filming in the Villages

Thanet is home to eight pretty villages each offering a range of historic and unique locations.

Birchington - The largest of the villages with a bustling high street, award winning water sports bay, quaint fisherman cottages, Bauhaus houses, private and exclusive estates whose gardens back on to the beach.

Minster - Boasts one of England's oldest inhabited buildings Minster Abbey and has its own country farm and museum.

St Nicholas-at-Wade - Named after St Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors, this pretty hamlet has a Norman Church, quaint cottages and rural retreats.

Cliffsend - Is home to the prestigious "Hugin" a full size Viking replica Longship gifted to the area by Denmark over 50 years ago. An array of pretty rural homes, some of which overlook Pegwell Bay, which is a beach of scientific and international importance.

Manston - Home to Kent International Airport, the village has many aviation links including the RAF and Spitfire and Hurricane Museum pay tribute to the village's contribution to World War I and II.

Acol and Monkton - are traditional rural villages, with villages greens, pretty walks and pubs.

Sarre - Is the smallest village with its own windmill and pretty country cottages. Once a Cinque Port, the area is now landlocked a few miles form the sea.

Make a film location enquiry

For permission to film on Thanet District Council land, simply download our Filming Application Form and return it to us completed by post or fax, together with a copy of your public liability insurance for £5 million.

If you need any help or more information please Contact us

How do I make a film location enquiry?

E-mail: press.office@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577169