St Augustine's Church and Shrine
Church · Augustus Pugin's own Gothic Revival church, where he is buried, now a shrine to St Augustine beside his home The Grange.
Ramsgate
A Royal Harbour town of sandy beaches, clifftop Regency streets and Pugin's Gothic Revival church, on the Kent coast.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 34 min by train · 2 h 33 min by car
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Time there: 4–7.5 h to see all 6 places
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Must-see places
Ramsgate Royal Harbour
Waterfront · The UK's only Royal Harbour, now a marina with a quayside of cafés beneath the clifftop town.
Ramsgate Sands
Beach · A broad sandy beach beside the harbour, lifeguarded in season and backed by a promenade.
Ramsgate Tunnels
Attraction · A network of wartime air raid shelter tunnels beneath the town, open for guided tours.
St Georges Church Ramsgate
Church · A Grade I listed church of 1827 whose lantern tower served as a navigation aid for ships.
Western Undercliff
Waterfront · A quiet sand and rock beach under the West Cliff, reached by landscaped stairs and an Art Deco lift.
Quick facts
Ramsgate Royal Harbour is the only harbour in the UK awarded the right to call itself Royal, and today it is a marina with cafés and a clock house on the quayside.
Augustus Pugin built his own Gothic Revival church and home on the West Cliff, and the church became a shrine to St Augustine in 2012.
Wartime air raid shelter tunnels run beneath the town and can be toured, and a lifeguarded sandy beach lies beside the harbour.
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