Thanet District
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Kent
Area: - Total	Ranked 241st 103.30 km²
Admin. HQ:	Margate
ONS code:	29UN
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 142nd 127,638 1,236 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.7% White
Politics
Thanet District Council http://www.thanet.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Roger Gale, Stephen Ladyman

Thanet district was formed under the Local Government Act 1974, on 1 April of that year. It occupies the area known as the Isle of Thanet. The district is divided into 23 wards, some of which are included in the three traditional coastal resorts of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate. The parishes located in the district are:

• Acol
• Birchington
• Broadstairs and St Peter’s : a Town Council
• Cliffsend
• Manston
• Minster
• Monkton
• St Nicholas-at-Wade and Sarre

Details of the wards are on the District website, which includes a map.

Because of the three towns, almost the entire coastal area is built on. From Birchington, via Westgate-on-Sea, Margate, Cliftonville , Kingsgate to Ramsgate there is scarely any unused seafront. Where it is not built upon, the coastline is slightly higher - for example at North Foreland. The whole district suffers from seasonal unemployment, in spite of its proximity to London.

Railway lines encircle the island, giving access to London by two routes. Road links approach from the North Kent coast, Canterbury and Dover. There is an airport at Manston recently renamed Kent International Airport. Ferry services operate to the Continent from Ramsgate.

External links

• District website