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Things to do in Broadstairs
The best holidays are planned around great days out. Here's what's on the doorstep in Broadstairs, from big-ticket attractions to rainy-day savers.
Showing museums, aquariums and attractions with indoor areas — the ones that work whatever the forecast.
🎟️ This weekend near Broadstairs
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Canterbury Chronicles: From Cathedral Stones to Cultural Thr...
Canterbury Heritage Museum, Canterbury · 16.6 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Canterbury Audio Tour: From Cathedral Stones to Cultural Thr...
Canterbury Heritage Museum, Canterbury · 16.6 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
The Slide Guitar Festival
Voco The Clifton Folkestone, Folkestone · 22.7 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 22:30
CLUB 2016 - a 2016s & 2010s club night
Club Chemistry, Canterbury · 16.7 mi
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Museums & Galleries
0.1 mi from Broadstairs
Dickens House Museum
Dickens House Museum sits in the Broadstairs cottage that inspired Betsey Trotwood's home in David Copperfield, and it's a rewarding stop if you enjoy literary history. Inside you'...
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0.2 mi from Broadstairs
Broadstairs Museum, Arts and Media Centre
0.3 mi from Broadstairs
Crampton Tower Museum
Crampton Tower Museum is a small museum partly housed in a flint Victorian water tower next to Broadstairs Railway Station, just steps from the train and a short walk from Viking B...
1.9 mi from Broadstairs
This Museum is (Not) Obsolete
This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete is an interactive museum in Ramsgate dedicated to experimental and obsolete scientific and musical technology. It was launched in 2020 by musician and...
3.3 mi from Broadstairs
Crab Museum
Crab Museum is Europe's first and only museum dedicated to the world of the decapod, located on the first floor above the Pie Factory Gallery on Broad Street in Margate. Inside, yo...
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3.9 mi from Broadstairs
Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum
This museum at the historic RAF Manston airfield in Minster, Thanet, tells the story of the Battle of Britain through its centrepiece aircraft: a Spitfire Mk XVI and a Hawker Hurri...
5.4 mi from Broadstairs
Powell-Cotton Museum
The Powell-Cotton Museum is situated in Quex Park in Birchington and houses the diverse personal collections of hunter and explorer Percy Powell-Cotton. The museum also contains th... — Wikipedia
6.5 mi from Broadstairs
Richborough Castle Museum
Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. Substantial remains of the massive fort wa... — Wikipedia
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7.3 mi from Broadstairs
Sandwich Guildhall Museum
Sandwich Guildhall Museum sits in the heart of the town inside the historic 16th Century Guildhall, telling the story of Sandwich from its early beginnings to the present day. Insi...
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9.4 mi from Broadstairs
Deal Maritime and Local History Museum
Deal Maritime and Local History Museum sits in the heart of Deal, Dover, Kent, just 0.2 miles from Deal station and Deal Castle beach, making it an easy stop if you're exploring th...
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9.5 mi from Broadstairs
Kent MOMI
Kent MOMI is a not-for-profit museum in Deal, Dover, Kent, dedicated to the deep history of the moving image, from candle-lit magic lantern shows to the early days of cinema. Insid...
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9.6 mi from Broadstairs
Time Ball Tower
The Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in the coastal town of Deal, in Kent, England. It was est... — Wikipedia
13.4 mi from Broadstairs
The Seaside Museum
The Seaside Museum Herne Bay is a local museum in Herne Bay, Kent, England. It was established in 1932, and is notable for being a seaside tourist attraction featuring local archae... — Wikipedia
Zoos & Wildlife
10.6 mi from Broadstairs
Wingham Wildlife Park
Wingham Wildlife Park is a large family-owned wildlife park near Staple, Dover, in Kent, home to the greatest number of animal species of any Kent zoo, including tigers, Asiatic li...
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Where to stay near Broadstairs
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Broadstairs?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Broadstairs.
What can we do in Broadstairs when it rains?
Museums, galleries and aquariums are your friends — filter the list below by category and keep a couple in reserve for wet days.
More ways to explore
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