Walks/Walking Tours
In Broadstairs & St Peter’s you will find lots of interesting and historic sights.
Some of the local walking tours are detailed below.
For dates and times, see our leaflet “Busy Broadstairs”, obtainable from the Tourist Office, Dickens House Museum, Victoria Parade, Broadstairs, the Town Council Offices
at Pierremont Park and other outlets in Town.
THE TOWN TRAIL
The Town Trail is a self-guided walk around the town. Town Trail leaflets are available (priced at 20p) from the Visitor Information Centre and Broadstairs & St Peter’s Town Council offices at Pierremont Hall.
There are also illustrated boards located around the Town providing an insight into the history of some of the Town people and buildings.
In addition, there are the following FREE guided walking tours:
- BROADSTAIRS HISTORICAL WALKS (conducted by CRAMPTON TOWER MUSEUM) Saturdays at 2pm. (Weather permitting; meet outside Suzanne’s Gift Shop on Victoria Parade.)
These are interesting and informative walking tours which take place on most Saturdays throughout the year and more frequently during the summer holiday period. They are FREE OF CHARGE and last for about 90 minutes, covering about 1 mile.
For more information telephone: 01843 871133 or visit www.cramptontower.co.uk
- ST PETER’S VILLAGE TOUR FREE award-winning guided walks begin at St Peter-in-Thanet Church in St Peter’s and take place from May through to September. You will see the past brought dramatically to life by costumed characters!
Please see leaflet (available locally) and our monthly calendar of events for dates and times.
To book, telephone 01843 871200 or visit www.villagetour.co.uk. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL.
- ST PETER’S CHURCHYARD TOUR A guided walk, with local stories, around interesting graves of St Peter’s churchyard.
- ST PETER’S WAR GRAVES TOUR Two separate walking tours (World War I and World War II) around the graves, hearing stories of those who died in the two World Wars.
For all the St Peter’s Tours, visit www.villagetour.co.uk, or telephone 01843 868846. |