As well as Bishop's Finger, bottled varieties of Master Brew, Spitfire, Whitstable Bay, Late Red, Early Bird, Original Porter, and 1698 strong ale are also produced and exported.

Canterbury, along with Whitstable and Herne Bay, is in the City of Canterbury local government district.

The coastal towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable are to the north, and Faversham is to the northwest.

* City of Canterbury, including the towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable as well as Canterbury

During World War II, a sea-fort was built off the coast of Herne Bay and Whitstable, which is still in existence.

KMFM Canterbury is a radio station on frequency 106FM which serves Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay.

* Steve's Herne Bay & Whitstable site – non commercial photo album and information site ... defunct?

* Herne Bay Musical Society, at the Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable, Kent, England

** 31 July 1861: Whitstable to Herne Bay.

Canterbury constituency comprises the larger part of the City of Canterbury District, containing the City and surrounding villages, together with the coastal town of Whitstable, but excluding the town of Herne Bay which is in the North Thanet constituency.

Chestfield & Swalecliffe railway station, is a UK railway station on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, and serves Chestfield and Swalecliffe, villages which are now part of the built-up area between Whitstable and Herne Bay.

* Canterbury: Ashford, Ashford South, Canterbury, Faversham, Herne Bay, Hersden, Whitstable.

* 1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened.

Whitstable in Kent is noted as a source of good quality oysters.

In the United Kingdom, the town of Whitstable is noted for oyster farming from beds on the Kentish Flats that have been used since Roman times.

The couple also spent time by the sea in Whitstable together, using the beach hut, which she uprooted and turned into art in 1999 with the title The Last Thing I Said to You is Don't Leave Me Here, and which was destroyed in the 2004 Momart warehouse fire.

Charlotte is also an illustrator ; as is Hannah, known for her book jacket illustrations for Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies ' Detective Agency series ; Josie, who runs hand-painted china shops in London and Canterbury ; Katy, who works for a farmers ' cooperative in Faversham, Lucy, a pattern-cutter for fashion houses in Italy and Emily, the youngest, who appeared in the opening sequence of Bagpuss, and is a papier mache artist and printmaker living in Whitstable.

On the south coast of the Thames Estuary, it is north of Canterbury and east of Whitstable.

Whitstable is twinned with the following towns:

While the family is no longer in France they remain in England with members in Wellington, Somerset, Whitstable in Kent, parts of London and elsewhere.

Nancy " Nan " Astley is a sheltered 18-year-old living with her working-class family and helping in their oyster restaurant in Whitstable, Kent.

It is located in the John Wilson Business Park Whitstable.

In Whitstable, he is accompanied by two attendants, representing the legendary figures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian.

Pianist Jools Holland wrote a track called " Jack O The Green " in conjunction with Suggs of Madness after Suggs witnessed the ceremony in Whitstable, mentioned above, where the coming of Spring is celebrated with the Jack in the Green parading through the streets to an old English folk melody.

Whitstable railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in north Kent, England, and serves the town of Whitstable.

Since 1987, the Member of Parliament for the Canterbury constituency, which includes Whitstable, has been the Conservative Julian Brazier.

The north of Kent has historically been marshland and the part which still survives, stretching from Whitstable to Dartford, has been recognised as one of the most important natural wetlands in northern Europe.

In 1844 the SER took over the bankrupt Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, which had opened in 1832.

Following the successful opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1825 and 1830 respectively, several schemes were put forward for railways in south east England, including the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway of 1830 and the London and Greenwich Railway ( L & GR ), which was constructed between 1833 and 1835.

Radio 390 ( 1965 – 1967 ) was a pirate radio station which operated from Red Sands Fort, ( near Whitstable ), a former Maunsell Fort located on the Red Sands sandbar.

Whitstable has friendship links with:

As used by George Stephenson on the Stockton & Darlington and Canterbury & Whitstable lines they weighed.

Whilst not unique to Rochester ( similar sweeps gatherings were held right across southern England, notably in Bristol, Deptford, Whitstable and Hastings ), the Rochester revival was directly inspired by Dickens ' description of the celebration in Sketches by Boz.

Engineered by George Stephenson, a 5¾ mile line running from Canterbury to the small port and fishing town of Whitstable, approximately 55 miles east of London.

The video for the single was directed by Andy Crabb and David Lewis, who later went on to direct a series of backdrop films for Suede as well as the live tour film Introducing The Band and features children from the Kent coastal town of Whitstable.

Having previously lived for several years in Whitstable, Kent, he lived in Fulham, SW London, with his third wife Therese McMurray-Hewlett, by whom he had a son and daughter.

Born in Whitstable, Kent, Holness attended Chaucer Technology School in Canterbury and read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Category: People from Whitstable

* East Kent / West Kent ( from 15 Station Road East, Canterbury, and later from Whitstable )

* Ashford ( initially from the Ashford International Hotel, Ashford, then from Canterbury, and later from Whitstable )

* Thanet ( from 15 Station Road East, Canterbury, and later from Whitstable )

These two shows are broadcast from studios on an industrial estate just outside Whitstable, whilst everything else comes from London's Leicester Square.

Four locomotives were acquired from the ' Gravesend and Rochester Railway in 1847, seven from the L & GR in 1848, but the only locomotive ever to work the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway was not added to stock.

* March 25-The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway in England offers season tickets from this date.

On 1 July 1889 the Elham Valley Railway reached Canterbury from Folkestone and at this time the run-in boards read Canterbury ( SER ) Change for Whitstable and Elham Valley Line.

The Whitstable branch closed to passenger traffic on 1 January 1931, and traffic from the Elham Valley into Canterbury ceased from 1 December 1940.