insideKENT Magazine Issue 88 - July 2019 | Page 80

DAYSOUT
SUMMER FUN F O R E V E R Y O N E I N K E N T
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The beach
What could be better this summer than taking the
family to the beach for a great day out? It costs
hardly anything, there are dozens of different beaches
and bays to choose from – Kent has an impressive
350 miles of coastline, so you can take your pick
depending on what you want to do – and you can
make some incredible memories that are really going
to last. Here are some of the best Kent beaches to
try out this summer holiday:
• Botany Bay
Winner of a Blue Flag Award, Botany Bay is a haven
for families, explorers, photographers and those
looking for somewhere peaceful and serene to relax
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for a day. Tucked away between beautiful chalk
stacks, this tranquil beach is an excellent place for
fossil hunting when the tide is out and there’s plenty
of rock pools around that will give children and
adults alike many a happy hour of crab hunting.
• Viking Bay
Viking Bay is one of the many things that Thanet’s
Broadstairs is famous for. In fact, this is where Charles
Dickens himself used to spend his holidays
and he wrote an essay on it called Our English
Watering Place in which he explains why it is such a
perfect place. This long sandy bay has both a vintage
boardwalk and a clifftop promenade, as
well as a family friendly tidal pool and children’s
rides to try out.
• Dymchurch
Dymchurch’s lovely wide sandy beach is the ideal
spot to take some time for yourself to unwind, or to
take the family for a fun, traditional day out along
Kent’s spectacular coast. Perhaps the most famous
element of Dymchurch Beach – certainly the one
that seems to be most well remembered by visitors
past and present – are the donkey rides, which are
still available for everyone to enjoy today. Since the
beach is flat and stretches for over three miles, it’s
the most wonderful and safe place for children to
play in the golden sands for both sunbathing and
swimming.