Pegwell Bay and Stonelees Nature Reserve (on the northern estuary of the Stour between Sandwich Bay and Ramsgate)
The estuary is home for populations of wintering and migrant birds. The adjacent saltmarsh supports an array of salt-tolerant plants. The sand dunes are a mosaic of flower-rich areas. Picnic site. In poor weather conditions, some of the tracks can be tricky to negotiate.

St Augustine's Cross, Cottington Road, Cliffsend, Ramsgate
St Augustine and 40 monks landed at Ebbsfleet on the Isle of Thanet in 597AD, returning Christianity to England. Later that year, St Augustine was enthroned as the first Archbishop of Canterbury. The cross at Cliffsend was erected in 1884 to commemorate the site where St Augustine was said to have celebrated his first Mass.

Minster Museum, Bedlam Court Lane, Minster
A three-in-one attraction with a mini zoo, museum depicting agricultural machinery from early 19th Century, and rural life over the past 100 years. Next door is Minster Abbey, one of England's oldest inhabited buildings, founded in 670AD.
Tel: 01843 821254.

Quex House and Gardens and the Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park, Park Lane, Birchington
Magnificent Regency mansion, set in 200 acres of parkland. View the beautifully furnished rooms and the internationally acclaimed collection of 19th century African and Asian treasures. Picnic area, fully licensed restaurant.
Tel: 01843 842168.

Sarre Windmill, Canterbury Road, Sarre
Sarre village once stood on the banks of the Wantsum, separated from the mainland by a mile-wide stretch of water. Its windmill, the only one working commercially in Kent, produces high quality stoneground flour from locally grown wheat, sold in the mill shop. Farmyard, museum, play area and tea room. Gift shop.
Tel: 01843 847573.

Monkton Nature Reserve, Canterbury Road, Monkton, Ramsgate
A 16-acre site comprising nature trails, ponds, hide, woodland, wild flowers with orchids in June, cliffs of geological interest and picnic area. Astronomical observatory, public evening viewing by arrangement. Field study centre offering dinosaur and other exhibits, fossil collection, diorama, library. Gift shop.
Tel: 01843 822666.

Ramsgate Westcliff
Ramsgate Motor Museum, the largest and finest collection of veteran Edwardian, vintage and classic cars and motor cycles in the south east of England. Ramsgate Model village, a reproduction of England's most beautiful countryside in miniature.
Tel: 01843 581948 (Motor Museum)
Tel: 01843 850043 (Model Village)

Dreamland Fun Park, Belgrave Road, Margate
The largest seaside leisure complex in southern England. Legendary Scenic Railway roller coaster, Wild Mouse coaster, waltzers, dodgems and water rides. Fast food restaurants and burger bars on site as well as a huge variety of side shows and games.
Tel: 01843 227011.

Ramsgate Maritime Museum/Margate Museum/North Foreland Lighthouse
Ramsgate Maritime Museum: exhibits include artefacts from an 18th century wreck, navigation, RNLI, fishing, shipbuilding, model boats, Ramsgate Meridian Line, Historic Ships Collection. Margate Museum: Margate's local and maritime history as an early seaside and sea bathing resort. Old Police Station, Courtroom and Cells. North Foreland Lighthouse: there has been a warning beacon on this site since 1499. Now you can climb to the top of the last lighthouse in the country to be fully automated.
Tel: 01843 587765.

Bleak House, Fort Road, Broadstairs
Charles Dickens' favourite holiday home and where he wrote 'David Copperfield'. Now a Dickens and Smuggling Museum, rooms include the maritime room, atmospheric and inspirational writing study and smuggling cellars. Nearby is the Dickens House Museum (Victoria Parade). This lovely old house has been adapted as a museum to commemorate the novelist's association with Broadstairs.
Tel: 01843 862224.