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'''Thanet''' is a district of [[Kent]], south-east [[England]], in the east of the county; it is a small [[peninsula]] protruding into the [[North Sea]]. Thanet is also known as the Isle of Thanet, as it was formerly an island separated from the Kentish mainland; the dividing waterway has silted up and is now dry land. The name is of [[Celtic]] origin and means 'bright island', relating possibly to an early lighthouse or perhaps to its white chalk cliffs. Thanet includes the resort towns of [[Margate]], [[Broadstairs]] and [[Ramsgate]] (the last also a port with ferry services to [[Dunkirk]] and [[Ostend]]), the village of Minster (also called Minster in Thanet, to differentiate it from Minster in Sheppey), and Manston, the site of an [[RAF]] airfield (now a local airport) which played a major role in the [[Battle of Britain]]. Pegwell Bay, on the southern edge of Thanet, is traditionally the place where the [[Romans]] first landed in Britain, where the Saxons Hengist and Horsa landed, and where [[Saint Augustine]] landed in 597. The bay was also a base for early [[hovercraft]] services.

'''Thanet''' is a district of [[Kent]], south-east [[England]], in the east of the county; it is a small [[peninsula]] protruding into the [[North Sea]]. Thanet is also known as the Isle of Thanet, as it was formerly an island separated from the Kentish mainland; the dividing waterway has silted up and is now dry land. The name is of [[Celtic]] origin and means 'bright island', relating possibly to an early lighthouse or perhaps to its white chalk cliffs. Thanet includes the resort towns of [[Margate]], [[Broadstairs]] and [[Ramsgate]] (the last also a port with ferry services to [[Dunkirk]] and [[Ostend]]), the village of Minster (also called Minster in Thanet, to differentiate it from Minster in Sheppey), and Manston, the site of an [[RAF]] airfield (now a local airport) which played a major role in the [[Battle of Britain]]. Pegwell Bay, on the southern edge of Thanet, is traditionally the place where the [[Roman]]s first landed in Britain, where the Saxons Hengist and Horsa landed, and where [[Saint Augustine]] landed in 597. The bay was also a base for early [[hovercraft]] services.

[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]