Heathrow Airport 1 hr 56
Viking Bay (14 min) Turner Contemporary (3 min)
Dramatic spaces displaying art by JMW Turner and contemporary artists, in eye-catching gallery. Shell Grotto (8 min)
Ornate, unexplained network of shell-lined passages and a mosaic chamber, with shell shop and cafe. Botany Bay, Kent (12 min)
Public beach with views of cliffs and chalk stacks, plus fossil hunting, rock pools and nearby cafe. Margate Main Sands (7 min) Powell-Cotton Museum (15 min)
15th-century estate with museum of Victorian natural history exhibits and Regency house and gardens. Pegwell Bay (19 min)
Picturesque bay offering a nature reserve, the ruins of a hoverport & a replica Scandinavian boat. Joss Bay (14 min)
200-meter sandy cove featuring a surf school, beach loungers, a cafe & white chalk cliffs. The Scenic Railway (8 min)
Roller coaster and amusement park Viking Bay (15 min)
Charles Dickens used to holiday on this small, sandy bay with a promenade & cabins. Dreamland (7 min)
Old pinball machines, fairground artefacts and a bijou cinema housed in a vintage-style arcade. Margate Beach (7 min)
Sand beach with a tidal swimming pool, old-school rides & arcades, plus views of a landmark gallery. Deal Castle (41 min)
16th-century artillery castle with huge circular bastions for cannons linked by network of passages. Wingham Wildlife Park (28 min)
Zoo park with feeding sessions, talks and conservation projects, plus up-close animal encounters. | 
