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COAST: DAYS OUT Dover Castle Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge St Peter’s Village Tour, Broadstairs St Leonards Church, Hythe The Grange, Ramsgate The most important collection of Battle of Britain artifacts on show in the country. Visitors can savour the atmosphere of the airfield’s past with the landmarks and buildings that remain. www.kbobm.org Award-winning interactive village tour. Meet many costumed characters from past centuries along with some surprises on the way, as you hear all about the famous (and infamous) local residents. www.villagetour.co.uk An extraordinary “ossuary” – the largest and best- preserved collection of ancient human skulls and bones in Britain, as well as examples of some remarkable medieval “pilgrim graffiti”. www.slhk.org Quelch your fascination for architecture and design at Augustus Pugin’s home, one of Britain’s most influential architects and designers who designed the interiors of the Houses of Parliament. www.landmarktrust.org.uk/news-and-events/ visiting-landmarks/visiting-the-grange The Micro Museum, Ramsgate Ramsgate Tunnels, Ramsgate Glimpse into our digital history, see vintage computers and micro electronics and play classic video games at Kent’s only museum of computing and video gaming history. www.themicromuseum.org Put on a hard hat and pick up a lantern and unlock the story of a hidden underground city on a guided tour through the subterranean tunnel system used to shelter 60,000 during the air raids of WW2. www.ramsgatetunnels.org Dickens House Museum, Broadstairs The site of the museum and Broadstairs was Dickens’ inspiration for Betsy Trotwood’s cottage in David Copperfield. The Museum provides a fascinating insight into how the renowned author worked. www.thanet.gov.uk/info-pages/dickens-house- museum 97